Line #10 Webcomic/Nightmarish


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} If People are Monsters, Monsters are People]].]]
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4	Nightmarish is a [[Main/GagPerDayWebComics Gag-per-Day Webcomic]] by Chrono Silverpen, also known as [[https://ilovethetalkingclock.tumblr.com/ ILovetheTalkingClock]], who also goes by the name Tropers/RedBerryBlueCherry. The comic's setting is in the fictional island [[Main/HalloweenTown Nightmaria]], which is inhabited by many [[Main/MonsterMash horror/supernatural/mythological creatures]], otherwise known as "Nightmares". The strips take place in the castle of Nightmaria, ruled by The HeadlessHorseman himself along with Aziza the {{Mummy}}, while {{Dracula}} has moved in and become royal adviser after his castle in Transylvania was destroyed by an angry mob. The guard of the castle is FrankensteinsMonster, the OnlySaneMan who also goes by the name of "Scrap". The musician and butler of the castle is Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, known simply as Phantom. Also accompanying them are the castle scientist and medic [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll]], the dungeon wardens {{Medusa}}, Stheno, and Euryale, Lawrence Lycan the WolfMan serving as their gardener, and their chef [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gill]].
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6	Prototype comics were released in 2016, more fleshed-out strips were done in 2018, it was rebooted in 2020.
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8	The Comic can be viewed on [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com Tumblr]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/ilovethetalkingclock/gallery/63651661/Nightmarish DeviantArt]], [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nightmarish/list?title_no=497519 Webtoon]] (reboot only) or [[http://nightmarish.the-comic.org/comics here]]. '''(WARNING: SOME OF THE ORIGINAL STRIPS CONTAIN QUITE A BIT OF VIOLENCE AND GORE, SO VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED)'''
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10	Any ideas for new entries on the webcomic has been halted for an indefinite amount of time, as Silverpen has dedicated any further production of the series into an AnimatedAdaptation.
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12	!!''Nightmarish'' contains examples of:
13	* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: Each version has had this, all varying one way or another.
14	** In the 2017-2019 version, Dracula was a trans woman, while 2023 onwards has them be genderfluid.
15	** In the 2023 version, Dracula and Jekyll/Hyde are genderfluid with any pronouns, Lawrence and the Phantom are non-binary with they/them and he/they pronouns respectively.
16	* AllMythsAreTrue: Gorgons, werewolves, vampires, and the like are all a thing in the world.
17	* AndShowItToYou[=/=]BeatStillMyHeart: Hyde does this with ''their own heart'', [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/171994307851/sacrifice apparently as a gift to Scrap]].
18	* AprilFoolsDay: Because it was also Easter that year, Silverpen uploaded what she said was a picture of the characters dressed like [[Main/PlayboyBunny Playboy Bunnies]]. The actual picture? [[spoiler: [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/172498705781/normally-i-dont-allow-nsfwmarish-on-this-blog Hyde in a cute bunny suit]] [[Main/SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou pointing a gun at the viewer]].]]
19	-->''[[spoiler: "April Fools, [[Main/ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH]]".]]''
20	* ArtEvolution: The designs have changed quite a bit through the months. The 2020 incarnation especially diversifies the designs.
21	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Played with. Bad is good and good is... okay. However, despite bad being considered good, [[Main/EveryoneHasStandards rape and bigotry are still unacceptable]].
22	* BalloonBelly: Hyde gets one in [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/172076114786/gluttony this strip]] after eating ''[[{{Understatement}} just a little too much]]'' ice cream.
23	* BigEater: Hyde has a notable appetite, [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/173338486351/burger much to Jekyll's dismay]].
24	** Drac is also one when it comes to the typical vampire diet, with ''[[Main/PopGoesTheHuman very]]'' [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/174799101421/fountain disastrous results]].
25	* BlackComedy: As per with Silverpen's humor, quite a few of the jokes delve into dark territory at times, whether it be Hyde tearing their heart out as a gift, Gill chopping one of his own arms off to serve fish, or Drac getting ToServeMan ([[Franchise/TheTwilightZone the cookbook]]) upon confusing it as a book on etiquette.
26	* CuteMonsterGirl: Parodied.
27	* FourFingeredHands: The main style.
28	* GrossUpCloseUp: Happens at the last panel of [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/175857251501/describing this strip]] [[Main/MakesSenseInContext when Scrap tries explaining a color to Lawrence]].
29	* LighterAndSofter: Downplayed. The 2020 incarnation, while still having an edgy style, no longer uses violence or gore as a main punchline.
30	* LivingShadow: Shadow Spirits, which are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shadow-like spirits]] that are a fine line between DemonOfHumanOrigin and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]].
31	* ManChild: Phantom, to an extent.
32	* MonsterMash: We have radical retellings of The HeadlessHorseman, the {{Mummy}}, {{Dracula}}, FrankensteinsMonster, JekyllAndHyde, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, the [[Film/TheWolfMan1941 Wolf Man]], the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, and {{Medusa}} living in the same castle. It practically screams this trope.
33	* TheNoseless: None of the characters sans Euryale and Lawrence's wolf form have visible noses/nostrils. This is a common trope in Silverpen's art style.
34	* OnlySaneMan: Scrap in the way of a deadpan "i am so done" mentality and Aziza in the "OH MY GOD WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING" attitude.
35	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The undead form of Jekyll/Hyde is a Shadow Spirit, said to be a DemonOfHumanOrigin.
36	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They're portrayed as the type that are translucent humanoids with FogFeet and are only manifested if their living form died particularily horribly.
37	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're [[DaywalkingVampire immune to sunlight]], [[VampiresHateGarlic garlic is merely difficult for them to ingest]], and you can either be born one or turned by either a ritual or being fully drained by one (a bite alone won't do).
38	* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Usually they look like [[LittleBitBeastly people with a few animal traits]], but can take an anthropomorphic form of the animal they represent either [[VoluntaryShapeshifting at will]] or [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting under the force of the full moon]]. Regarding the full moon transformation, they're in a more feral mental state, but it's a case of AndIMustScream rather than AlternateIdentityAmnesia.
39	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Zombies are not TheVirus, they're just the default monster a human becomes after death. They retain their human intelligence, but not all of them remember their human lives. That being said, zombies ''do'' require the consumption of vital organs to help them regenerate severely decomposed parts, human being the most potent.
40	* [[Main/PopGoesTheHuman "Pop!" Goes the Vampire]]: [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/174799101421/fountain Poor Drac]]. She doesn't seem to mind too much though.
41	* RealMenWearPink: Axel likes unicorns and treats carving his pumpkin heads like putting on makeup.
42	* ReferenceOverdosed: A ''lot'' of the original comics are based on a scene of something else.
43	* ScreamerPrank: [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/172050630536/screamer Parodied in this strip]].
44	* ShoutOut: There are 26 monsters that live in the graveyard next to the castle, each one resurrected from the mentioned characters in Music/CreatureFeature's "A Gorey Demise".
45	** As of 2020, Jekyll and Hyde can communicate with each other while conjoined at the waist a la ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''.
46	* TheStoner: Medusa. Pun intended.
47	* ToServeMan: In Nightmaria, there exists a fast-food joint known as Big Brain, which has food made of real human meat including [[BrainFood burgers made of brains]] (But apparently, they only make the food out of the worst people).
48	* VampiresHateGarlic: Well... yes and no. Garlic does not supernaturally repel vampires, but is rather just very difficult to ingest. This does not stop Drac from eating a lot of pizza with the stuff.
49	* ViralTransformation: Zigzagged with each of the main monsters involved with it.
50	** Vampires: A bite by itself won't do, you need to be fully drained.
51	** Werecreatures: The werecreature in question has to be either rabid[[note]]Due to their healing factor, werecreatures can naturally recover from rabies.[[/note]] or based on a venomous animal to spread the curse.

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