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2 | [[caption-width-right:335:[[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=9 Felicia and Edward.]]]] |
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4 | ''[[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life/ Life]]'' is a story about a strange young woman by the name of Felicia and the people she meets and met. And the people they meet and met, including a strange young woman by the name of Natalie. The story begins with Felicia's senior year at her high school, although there are some flashbacks to earlier points in Natalie's life -- before she began to become Felicia. |
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6 | First update was sometime after September 8th 2011 and before April 7th 2012. Last update was in 2013. Site suspended since November 2016. Appears to be a DeadFic. |
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9 | !!Tropes: |
10 | * AltText: Frequently snarky. |
11 | * AnalogyBackfire: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=145 The conversation between Felicia and Madison]] following Felicia's complaint that [[ShowWithinAShow her webcomic]] hasn't had any hits has Madison turning Felicia's the-Internet-is-like-a-magazine metaphor around. |
12 | * ChekhovsGun: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=158 The song and its video.]] |
13 | * DeadpanSnarker: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=126 Madison]] is more on the cynical end[[labelnote:context]]Natalie had previously forgotten Madison's name, and never learned "Edward"'s[[/labelnote]], and [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=153 Video Game Guy]] a fairly traditional example. |
14 | -->'''VGG:''' You're being awful observant.\ |
15 | '''Edward:''' I'm just sharp like that, I guess.\ |
16 | '''VGG:''' Absolutely. It took you a month to notice one thing. |
17 | * DreamSequence: Felicia has a few, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=53 this one]] being one of the longer ones (and one of her RecurringDreams). |
18 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=274 Edward's roommate]] [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=275 Lex.]] |
19 | -->'''Lex:''' And yes, I am a guy. |
20 | * EvilLaugh: In [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=334 "Good End"]], Felicia breaks out with one of these. |
21 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: Five days into [[spoiler:her twenty-day mission to complete a portfolio for the graphic design major at college]], [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=197 Felicia develops an impressive pair of these.]] |
22 | * ExtremeDoormat: Edward's method of getting through life is something he calls "Chaos". Which basically consists of simply going along with anything that happens and not putting much effort in. |
23 | * FaceFramedInShadow: When Lex calls Felicia, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=363 his face is wreathed in shadows]] ... [[InvokedTrope because he's shielding himself from the lightbulb with an umbrella.]] |
24 | * FacePalm: As Felicia's friend, Madison is reduced to this on several occasions. |
25 | * InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=408 Felicia walks in at the end of Madison's story about being banned for using bots in an MMO.]] |
26 | -->'''Madison:''' I was never able to pull off the 25-man ... and I never got my money back for any of them.\ |
27 | '''Felicia''' [''thinking'']: W-what did I just walk into? |
28 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=46 Felicia puts one on when she starts brainstorming comic ideas on her whiteboard.]] |
29 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: |
30 | ** Felicia is about to go live with her [[ShowWithinAShow webcomic site]] when [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=141 she realizes the comic doesn't have any color.]] Guess when the ''Life'' archive [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=142 switches to full color?]] |
31 | ** [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=176 After the calculus final.]] |
32 | --->'''Felicia:''' Now I just have to wait until report cards to see how I did... when do they usually come out?\ |
33 | '''Madison:''' Two weeks from now, I think...\ |
34 | '''Felicia:''' Bleh... I wish I could just skip ahead two weeks...\ |
35 | '''Madison:''' That's a little...\ |
36 | [''[[TimeSkip two weeks later!]]'']\ |
37 | '''Felicia:''' I got a 76! |
38 | * LimitedWardrobe: Felicia is almost always seen in either [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack her school uniform]] (even though her high school doesn't ''have'' a uniform) or a red t-shirt over grey clothes. |
39 | * LoveTriangle: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=333 Felicia decides that such a triangle exists]] with [[spoiler:her roommate Madison interested in "Edward" interested in herself]]. [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=334 She immediately starts plotting to resolve it by]] [[spoiler:setting up Edward with Madison instead]]. |
40 | * ManipulativeBastard: |
41 | ** Felicia is an unusually well-meaning example, to the point that [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=19 the idea that she's being one bothers her a bit.]] |
42 | ** Edward's roommate Lex [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=277 soon proves himself to be one as well.]] |
43 | ** Eden's roommate Emily, on the other hand ... [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=393 isn't.]] |
44 | * MeaningfulRename: Natalie renamed herself Felicia because Felicia means "happiness". |
45 | * MirthlessLaughter: Felicia laughs out of nervousness [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=221 on occasion.]] |
46 | * NotSoStoic: Approximately the only time Edward has a major reaction to anything is when Video Game Guy tears up one of his drawings. |
47 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Edward is not named Edward -- that name was a guess Felicia made that [[ExtremeDoormat he rolled with]]. |
48 | * RecurringDreams: Felicia has a few, one of which she later uses to inspire a drawing. |
49 | * SarcasticClapping: The success of Felicia's plan to [[spoiler:maneuver Edward into asking her to prom]] [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=243 elicits halfhearted applause from Madison.]] |
50 | * ShowWithinAShow: Felicia's webcomic, ''Innocence Academy''. |
51 | * SpannerInTheWorks: |
52 | ** [[spoiler:Madison]] sabotages one of Felicia's gambits by [[spoiler:telling Edward what she's up to]]. |
53 | ** [[spoiler:Edward's roommate Lex]] sabotages another by acting directly rather than simply reacting. |
54 | * SpringtimeForHitler: [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life/?comic=428 To Lex's consternation,]] when he [[spoiler:sends 'Edward' to go ask Madison out, and Madison doesn't say no]]. |
55 | * StepfordSmiler: Felicia's happiness is largely a mask she adopts to force herself to be happy. |
56 | * TalkingToThemself: Felicia/Natalie finds herself doing this on a few occasions, such as [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=137 during the second comic meeting, after Madison has left.]] |
57 | * TechnoWizard: Madison can solve almost any problem with her programs. Take, for example, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=61 her approach to a calculus test.]] |
58 | * WakingNonSequitur: Early on, when [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=34 Madison's phone call wakes up Felicia/Natalie:]] |
59 | -->'''Felicia:''' Hey... don't-- don't throw out my [=CDs=]. The database is in the ... hotel? |
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