Shifters: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
m (Convert TVT links to internal links)
m (Mass update links)
Line 16: Line 16:
After this point in the "Original Run" several plot points and characters were scaled back or trimmed from the story alltogether to bring it back into line with the artist/creator's original vision through plot but the problem of creative differences in the past writing remained such that it would have led to eventual [[Canon Dis Continuity]] and many [[Continuity Snarl|Continuity Snarls]] if the story was allowed to continue on it's course.
After this point in the "Original Run" several plot points and characters were scaled back or trimmed from the story alltogether to bring it back into line with the artist/creator's original vision through plot but the problem of creative differences in the past writing remained such that it would have led to eventual [[Canon Dis Continuity]] and many [[Continuity Snarl|Continuity Snarls]] if the story was allowed to continue on it's course.


Rather than institute several improvised adaptations to this that would result in numerous [[Adaptation Induced Plothole|Adaptation Induced Plot Holes]], and instead of writing in a [[Reset Button]] by way of a [[Deus Ex Machina]] or similar device, Tary decided to institute a full [[Continuity Reboot]] with [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ "Shifters - Redux"].
Rather than institute several improvised adaptations to this that would result in numerous [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole|Adaptation Induced Plot Holes]], and instead of writing in a [[Reset Button]] by way of a [[Deus Ex Machina]] or similar device, Tary decided to institute a full [[Continuity Reboot]] with [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ "Shifters - Redux"].


While the overall plot arc remains the same between [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20010810.html Shifters] and [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ Shifters - Redux] the story and art are now under the sole control of Tary. Several characters and side-arcs have been eliminated or scaled back and as a result many background points relevant to later plot devlopment have been expanded greatly to bring them into line with her vision. The overall tone is now much darker and grittier with less comedy and more drama.
While the overall plot arc remains the same between [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20010810.html Shifters] and [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ Shifters - Redux] the story and art are now under the sole control of Tary. Several characters and side-arcs have been eliminated or scaled back and as a result many background points relevant to later plot devlopment have been expanded greatly to bring them into line with her vision. The overall tone is now much darker and grittier with less comedy and more drama.
Line 34: Line 34:
* [[Admiring the Abomination]]
* [[Admiring the Abomination]]
* [[After the End]]: A "Nuclear Incident" led to the creation of the [[Mega City|MegaCities]].
* [[After the End]]: A "Nuclear Incident" led to the creation of the [[Mega City|MegaCities]].
* [[Age Appropriate Angst]]
* [[Age-Appropriate Angst]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]:
* [[Alpha Bitch]]:
** Holly Tate
** Holly Tate
Line 76: Line 76:
*** Later in [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030312.html "The Other Team"] you see Ferrah in a [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030505.html very revealing corset], then in [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030512.html a more than 'sexy' club outfit].
*** Later in [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030312.html "The Other Team"] you see Ferrah in a [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030505.html very revealing corset], then in [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030512.html a more than 'sexy' club outfit].
*** In the "Original Run" issue [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20031021.html "The Price of Power"] Ferrah is shown displaying her (involunatary) vampiric power while [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20031112.html nude except for being covered by shadow power].
*** In the "Original Run" issue [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20031021.html "The Price of Power"] Ferrah is shown displaying her (involunatary) vampiric power while [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20031112.html nude except for being covered by shadow power].
*** Shown extensively in "Shifters - Redux" issue 3 ([http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-nightmare/ Nightmare])) where Ferrah ends up [[Naked On Arrival|Naked On Arrival]] but preserves her modesty through [[Hand or Object Underwear|Hand or Object Underwear]]. This also ends up showing [[Side Boob|Sideboob]].
*** Shown extensively in "Shifters - Redux" issue 3 ([http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-nightmare/ Nightmare])) where Ferrah ends up [[Naked On Arrival]] but preserves her modesty through [[Hand or Object Underwear]]. This also ends up showing [[Sideboob]].
* [[Filler Strips]]: Several of these have popped up in the "Original Run" of the comic when [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030113.html disaster] or circumstance has prevented the artist from updating on time or for special occasions such as holidays (such as [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20021225.html this]), [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|"reader mail"]], or other extras.
* [[Filler Strips]]: Several of these have popped up in the "Original Run" of the comic when [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030113.html disaster] or circumstance has prevented the artist from updating on time or for special occasions such as holidays (such as [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20021225.html this]), [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|"reader mail"]], or other extras.
* [[Finagle's Law]]
* [[Finagle's Law]]
Line 120: Line 120:
* [[Mega City]]: The comic takes place in [[Mega City|Shade City]], a [[Mega City]] that encompasses a vast amount of territory in the Pacific North West.
* [[Mega City]]: The comic takes place in [[Mega City|Shade City]], a [[Mega City]] that encompasses a vast amount of territory in the Pacific North West.
* [[Mental World]]
* [[Mental World]]
** {{spoiler|Ferrah ends up in her own one of these while hypnotized or dominated by a vampire's mental power. She also shows up there [[Naked On Arrival|Naked On Arrival]]}}
** {{spoiler|Ferrah ends up in her own one of these while hypnotized or dominated by a vampire's mental power. She also shows up there [[Naked On Arrival]]}}
* [[Murphy's Law]]
* [[Murphy's Law]]
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
** Ferrah ends up in this trope when she arrives in a {{spoiler|Mental World after being hypnotized or dominated by a vampire's mental power}}, though she quickly employs [[Hand or Object Underwear|Hand or Object Underwear]] seen [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-pg-3/ here].
** Ferrah ends up in this trope when she arrives in a {{spoiler|Mental World after being hypnotized or dominated by a vampire's mental power}}, though she quickly employs [[Hand or Object Underwear]] seen [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-pg-3/ here].
* [[No Place for Me There]]
* [[No Place for Me There]]
* [[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[One-Winged Angel]]

Revision as of 22:15, 25 January 2014

Shifters

AKA - Shifters Redux

Shifters Redux


Shifters is a Web Comic created by Marie Tary in 1998.

The comic has been in various stages of publication and updates from that time until the present, including a long hiatus from November 2007 to July 2009. There was another long hiatus from late August 2007 to June of 2011 when circumstances were such that the author could resume updating on a weekly basis. Since this time updates have been regular with one a week.

Shifters vs. Shifters - Redux

The "Original Run" (beginning here) of Shifters, while conceived by Marie Tary, was initially a creative colaboration between herself and a writer named James Strocel. Tary herself wrote and illustrated the first two issues of the comic, bringing Strocel in at the third issue ("Tears of Blood" in 2001). Strocel continued writing for the series until the issue “Wolf’s Clothing” (in 2002) when creative differences between Tary and Strocel on the direction and content of the story forced a parting of ways. Ater this point Tary was responsible for both writing and illustration.

After this point in the "Original Run" several plot points and characters were scaled back or trimmed from the story alltogether to bring it back into line with the artist/creator's original vision through plot but the problem of creative differences in the past writing remained such that it would have led to eventual Canon Dis Continuity and many Continuity Snarls if the story was allowed to continue on it's course.

Rather than institute several improvised adaptations to this that would result in numerous Adaptation Induced Plot Holes, and instead of writing in a Reset Button by way of a Deus Ex Machina or similar device, Tary decided to institute a full Continuity Reboot with "Shifters - Redux".

While the overall plot arc remains the same between Shifters and Shifters - Redux the story and art are now under the sole control of Tary. Several characters and side-arcs have been eliminated or scaled back and as a result many background points relevant to later plot devlopment have been expanded greatly to bring them into line with her vision. The overall tone is now much darker and grittier with less comedy and more drama.

Plot Summary

(Taken from the official website)

Shifters is the story of a young woman and her friends who discover they share a unique fate.

Set in the not-so-far future of an alternate earth, there are two worlds. The Waking World that people know, and the world of The Veil, which lies hidden in the shadows. The secret world of The Veil, harbors the monsters thought lost to time, secretly alive and well in the dark places of the isolated Shade City. The conspiracy to keep the knowledge of their existence secret, The Veil itself, has been kept, by force , for centuries under the careful watch of the races that form it. Silent wars of The Veil races have raged right under humanity's noses, and continue to simmer on and under the streets of Shade City. Currently the New Gen Vampires and Shifters have been silently escalating their long standing war, and the vampires have come up with a plan to win. But what they didn’t count on was the re-appearance of an ancient horror so powerful and terrible that it is only spoken of with whispered hatred, its name cursed.

Tropes included:

Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Shifters?oldid=590629"