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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\| ''"1/0" is a paradox in a way that "0/1" is not. Nothing can be divided by zero. If one approaches the formula from the positive side, it would appear that the answer is an infinite positive value. If one approaches the formula from the negative side, the opposite is true. Thus, anything divided by zero is simultaneously positive and negative infinity. "One over Zero" is a paradox in another way too, in a way that transcends mere arithmetic. One is something, and Zero is nothing. The fact that the universe holds something over nothing, that it prefers to exist, rather than not exist, is fundamentally absurd. No being can ever come to deserve its own birth. 1/0 is a cry out against mere logic and efficiency. Stuff exists. All existence, all truth, cannot be ultimately justified: it can only be described, explained, and enjoyed.''}} {{quote\| ''1/0 is illogical. 1/0 is irrational. 1/0 is impossible. 1/0 is transcendentally unfair.''}} {{quote\| ''1/0 is true. Deal with it.''}} ''[http://www.undefined.net/1/0/ 1/0]'' starts, appropriately enough, with darkness. [[Tailsteak]], the ever present and all powerful narrator and author thinks for a moment and says "Let there be light" and from there on goes about creating his universe. He starts by stealing bit characters from other [[Web Comics]], talking to them, creating other characters from them and begging them to do something interesting. Line 16: In less prosaic terms, 1/0 is a [[Web Comic]] that was started to get the author a girlfriend, when he began to explore the possibilities of a series that firmly established there was [[No Fourth Wall]] for one of the most poignant examples of [[Meta Fiction]] yet. Not to be confused with [[Divide by Zero]], or the video game ''[[I/O]]''. ---- [[Tailsteak]] is still around now that 1/0 is complete -- he's [http://tailsteak.com/index.php working on new projects on a new site]. He also recently started a new continually updating comic: ''[[Leftover Soup]]''. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This comic provides examples of the following tropes: ===~~ * [[Author Tract]]: Lampshaded very aggressively in the debate between Ghanny, Mock, and Marcus. Petitus pointed out that it was very much an [[Author Tract]] coming from a Christian writer. * [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Mock's horizonite claws. * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: Everyone gets one "ghost point", which lets them more or less do this. They're still technically dead (and incorporeal) rather than getting resurrected physically, but they're able to participate fully in the comic's society, so it hardly matters. ** Those who did disappear for good {{spoiler\|are physically resurrected shortly before the world ends.}} * [[Balancing Death's Books]]: Between {{spoiler\|Terra and Max}}. Line 30 ⟶ 31: * [[Calling Your Attacks]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=938&nocache=true "Spark punch! Clap shocker! Thunder fists!"] ** Don't forget the "ELECTRIC BODY SLAM!" * [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The comic starts as pointless doodles. Philosophy grows naturally out of the tomfoolery once there are enough viewpoints to fuel conversations, which may give a charming low-key atmosphere, but is tough on new readers. * [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Everyone's adventures in Portland, if they have any, after the end of the comic are left by Tailsteak to the audience's interpretation. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The greasy stuff from the grass didn't exactly turn out to be a plot point, but it was used {{spoiler\|to blow bubbles shortly before the world ended}}. Line 40 ⟶ 41: * [[Dissimile]]: "Yeah... Sort of like being friends. Only it's completely different, and with more suffering." * [[Face Palm]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=977 Zadok has a realization.] * [[Fantastic Aesop]]: Thanks to the [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead\|ghost points]] -- in the words of Max, [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=177 "Gee, I hope none of our readers have suicidal tendencies.]" * [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Marcus, when he gains a [[Fourth Wall]], and for while also Mock and Terra. * [[Foreshadowing]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=563 This,] then [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=782 this] happens. {{spoiler\|For those who are lazy, Junior threatens to kill Mock, then later follows through with it.}} Line 49 ⟶ 50: * [[I Know Your True Name]]: Golems are brought to life by a character saying their true name out loud. After Zadok realises that {{spoiler\|"Teddy Weddy" is a nickname, he uses "Theodore" to resurrect him as a golem.}} * [[In a World]]: Zadok does a Don LaFontaine impersonation in strip #818, complete with underlined text. {{quote\| '''Zadok:''' Beyond known space. An ancient evil lurks. Now, six friends must join forces to do the impossible.}} * [[Killed Off for Real]]: Barnacle Jones and Max. {{spoiler\|At least until the laws of the universe start breaking down at the end.}} * [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: Strip 339. * [[Literal -Minded]] * [[Medium Awareness]] * [[Meta Fiction]] Line 66 ⟶ 67: * [[Running Gag]]: [[Visual Pun\|Liter]][[Incredibly Lame Pun\|ally]]. * [[Science Fantasy]] * [[Science Marches On]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=285 Terra the earthworm needed to surface during the rain] in the comic, but contrary to previous scientific belief, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030150146/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-earthworms-surface-after-rain earthworms wouldn't actually drown by staying underground during rainstorms.] * [[Seppuku]]: {{spoiler\|Junior}}. * [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Marcus. Line 72 ⟶ 73: * [[Show Within a Show]]: "Max's World", a strip drawn by Max to show Marcus what a comic strip is. Though it doesn't last very long, as the 1/0 characters gets jealous of the main character's girlfriend and drop an anvil on him in the next panel. ** Parodied in [http://www.rogermwilcox.com/maxs_world.html The Max's World Archive]. * [[~~Sitch~~Situational Sexuality]]: {{spoiler\|The fourth-walled Marcus briefly flirts with homosexuality}} prior to the introduction of the first female character. * [[Smooch of Victory]] * [[Speech Bubbles]] * [[Spit Take]] Line 79 ⟶ 80: ** {{spoiler\|1=Although, in his defense, [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=470 said plot twist is foreshadowed well in advance].}} * [[Symbol Swearing]]: Marcus is the only character who can actually understand the swears. * [[~~Tradesnark~~Tradesnark™]]: Zadok, when advertising the "Horizonite™" or the "Oil®". * [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Jar Breeze". * [[Visual Pun]] Line 93 ⟶ 94: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Webcomic~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:~~One~~Web ~~Over Zero~~Comics]]▼ [[Category:Webcomics Long Runners]] [[Category:Meta Webcomics]] ▲[[Category:One Over Zero]] ▲[[Category:Webcomic]]