Friends Till Death
is a webcomic hosted on Smackjeeves by milkassassin about a teenage Eldritch Abomination named Herz who just wants to have friends. Thankfully, he has two people by his side, fiesty, pink-haired Jura, and tough, sarcastic Vanilla. The comic focuses on Herz's problems, as well as the mysteries surrounding why he is the way he is, and also incorporates Slice of Life elements in his friendship with Jura and Vanilla.
Updates irregularly, but you can find the first page here, and the latest page here. Also, the creator's Tumblr is here. The comic also contains Boys' Love (although it's definitely not the main focus, and we haven't actually gotten to any yet), and incest (again, though, haven't reached that point).
This webcomic contains examples of:
- All of the Other Reindeer: Other kids don't seem to like Herz and either avoid him or gang up on him.
- Author Appeal: A quick look at the author's tumblr will reveal that she's into incest (at least, in fiction), has a daddy kink, and also likes Shotacon and Guro, among other things.
- Badass Normal: Jura, as he has no powers, and yet is feared by everyone.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Jura and Vanilla.
- Big Brother Attraction: Herz to Hirn, if you look at the artwork on the creators tumblr.
- Blessed with Suck: Herz has near immortality and awesome shape-shifting powers? Cool! They make him sick and alienate him from almost everyone he meets, causing overwhelming depression and several attempts at suicide? Not so much.
- Boys' Love
- Dark and Troubled Past: It's clear that Herz has one, though we're not sure what that is yet.
- Deadpan Snarker: Vanilla fits this trope well, as he always has a sarcastic comment for everyone.
- Death Seeker: Herz has some elements of this due to his depression.
- Downer Beginning: And HOW. It literally starts off with Herz begging God to let him die!
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: Herz has these frequently.
- Eldritch Abomination: Herz, as well as his brothers, Lunge and Hirn.
- Emo Teen: Herz can be seen as one.
- Everyone Meets Everyone: Herz, Jura, and Vanilla all meet each other at the same time.
- Eternal Hero: Herz is almost impossible to kill.
- Fiery Redhead: Jura. The entire school's afraid of him.
- Friendless Background: Herz, before he met Vanilla and Jura.
- Genius Ditz: Jura has shades of this.
- Heart Drive: Herz cannot die unless his heart is killed (which he has hidden somewhere other than where hearts usually go).
- Immortality Hurts: Due to the fact that Herz also fights other Eldritch Abomination's, which are usually in a more traditional monstrous form, he gets severely injured again and again. He also suffers from severe depression and, when he gets really low, intensely mutilates his own body to release his pain.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: As this page shows, all three of our main characters are bronies.
- Jerkass: Lunge, Herz's older brother, is definitely this, as he's rarely nice to Herz, or anyone for that matter.
- Keet: Jura is super energetic and sweet (when he's not busy kicking people's asses).
- Nice Guy: Herz is always nice and kind to everyone, no matter what, which makes it all the more terrible to see people be cruel to him.
- No Medication for Me: Averted. Herz takes pills, and actually shows a dependency on them.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Again, Jura.
- Ship Tease: Between all three friends, but there's a lot of Belligerent Sexual Tension going on with Jura and Vanilla.
- The Slacker: Vanilla.
- The Stoner: Vanilla, and he's also involved with gangs, or at least, used to be.
- Supernatural Angst: One of the reasons for Herz's depression is because of his immortality.
- True Companions: Herz, Jura, and Vanilla.
- Whole Episode Flashback: The first part of chapter one.
