1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/level.png]] |
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3 | ''Level'', stylized ''leveL'', is a webcomic by Nate Swineheart. |
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5 | The first iteration focused on Cael, an apparently-normal boy living in the massive futuristic metropolis of Level. Plagued by strange dreams, he decides one day to take home a school computer to research the possible causes. His plans are stymied, however, by his violent cousin Reagan, who shows up to take him shopping and then to a game of Gravball, on the suggestion of Cael's mother. |
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7 | From there, everything goes [[MindScrew quite insane]]. ''leveL'' went on a big hiatus from July 2010, then [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] on [[http://www.levelthecomic.com/teal-gold/welcome/ August 1, 2013]] on [[http://www.levelthecomic.com/ a brand-new website]] (you can still read the old version under "Extras"). |
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9 | The reboot explores the dystopic city of [=LeveL=] more, a sprawling metropolitan utopia, technologically advanced and socially just. Three years after the Holopaque Storm, a mysterious event that shook up the city of [=LeveL=], triggering a war between the Tiern and [=UnTiern=], the only eyewitness of the Storm, Cael Dalton, is being assigned a new therapist. At the same time, an equally mysterious optimist Rain has a package to deliver. |
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11 | %%!! The old ''leveL'' contains examples of: |
12 | %%* ArtEvolution: To a remarkable degree. |
13 | %%* GovernmentConspiracy: With several levels. |
14 | %%* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Emory was just as creepy then as she is now. Possibly more. The underreaction made her seem nearly ''undead''. |
15 | %%* MindScrew |
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17 | !! The ContinuityReboot has: |
18 | %% * ActionGirl: Emory, though she's not very girly. [[{{Determinator}} Tal]]. |
19 | %% * AffectionatePickpocket: Tal. [[spoiler: Rain's GenreSavvy, though, and doesn't fall for her cute act]]. |
20 | %% * AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Reagan's a therapist and, [[BrutalHonesty surprisingly]], not ''completely'' horrible at it. |
21 | * AllThereInTheManual: [[http://www.levelthecomic.com/extras/ Here]] you can find information on the Tiers. |
22 | * TheAntiNihilist: Rain tells it beautifully: |
23 | --> '''Rain''': We're more than the awful things we endure. Just because the world around me is awful doesn't mean I have to be. |
24 | %% * AxCrazy: Emory gives off a decidedly psychopathic vibe. |
25 | %% * BewareTheNiceOnes: Rain is friendly, goofy and moral. Doesn't mean he can't handle whatever the WretchedHive throws at him. |
26 | %% * CatapultNightmare: Cael, which convinces him to [[spoiler: put the panacea bracers on]]. |
27 | * CombatParkour: Rain's style of fighting, awfully flashy and heavy on {{Three Point Landing}}s, but gets the job done. |
28 | %% * CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: Miss Tal's]] true colours. |
29 | %% * DeadpanSnarker: Reagan is viciously snarky. Others get into action, too, but Reagan is the snarkmaster of the cast. |
30 | %% * {{Determinator}}: Tal. Does. '''Not'''. Give. Up. |
31 | %% * TheEmpath: '''Not''' a power to be envied. Will drive you mad, then catatonic, sooner or later. |
32 | %% * FantasticCasteSystem: Nine castes, or "Tiers", plus the [=UnTiern=]. |
33 | * FlashbackCut: [[TheEmpath Empaths]] induce these when [[TouchTelepathy touching you]]. May be used as a distraction, although sometimes AMindIsATerribleThingToRead. |
34 | %% * HardLight: Loads. Makes for shiny special effects. |
35 | %% * HollywoodAutism: InformedAttribute of Cael. |
36 | %% * HumanWeapon: Cael's fate if general Erato has his way. At least he softens the blow by framing it as an offer. |
37 | %% * IdeaBulb: Rain has them. |
38 | * LayeredMetropolis: Level, partially built of HardLight on higher levels, with a [[UrbanSegregation slum]] nearer ground. |
39 | %% * MedicalHorror: The beginning of Chapter 1. |
40 | * NoMedicationForMe: Reagan leaves her patient the choice of whether he wants to be medicated or not. He chooses medication, but might soon regret it. |
41 | * NotSoImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler: Wryn's ghost? Or whatever the thing is?]] for Cael. Though he might be [[ImaginaryEnemy Not So Imaginary Enemy]] just as well. |
42 | * OddCouple: [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Neurotic, artsy Cael and his best friend, rougish Wryn]]. |
43 | %% * OurSloganIsTerrible: "Teddy's Tar - We'll stick by you!" |
44 | * PaintingTheMedium: The site layout colours change with the proceedings of the story. |
45 | %% * PersonOfMassDestruction: Quite possibly, Cael. |
46 | %% * PlayfulHacker: Wryn is learning. |
47 | * ThePollyanna: Rain. When we meet him in BadGuyBar, he avoids several mishaps and ends up with a beer bottle in his hands (which he promptly gives away): |
48 | -->'''Rain''': Free drink, how nice! |
49 | * PowerOfTrust: When they bond over music. |
50 | -->'''Cael''': If our spots were reversed [...] would you trust me? |
51 | -->'''Reagan''': [[spoiler: (releases his bounds)]] Play me the song. |
52 | * RecurringDreams: Cael has recurring [[DreamsOfFlying Nightmares of Flying]]. Whether they're psychic or DreamingTheTruth remains to be seen. |
53 | * RedOniBlueOni: The [[HotBlooded choleric]] Reagan and her [[TheStoic quietly optimistic]] assistant Jordan. They even wear tops [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience in their respective colours]]. |
54 | %% * ReluctantPsycho: Cael isn't crazy. So he says. |
55 | * RoofHopping: The long ChaseScene starting [[http://www.levelthecomic.com/comics/01-02-37/ here]]. |
56 | * TheScapegoat: The [=UnTiern=], for the Holopaque Storm. [[spoiler: This resulted in civil war, which is still raging at the time the story starts]]. |
57 | %% * ShiningCity: The opening narration claims Level is this. |
58 | * TheTeetotaler: Rain "doesn't smoke and orders tea in a bar". |
59 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Rain avoids killing and calls [[AxCrazy Emory]] out on it. |
60 | * WrongSideOfTheTracks: Sprawl. Some sectors get [=UnTiern=] (cut of from the Tiers system), making them even [[WretchedHive more of that]]. |
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