Beyond Reality
Beyond Reality is a fantasy webcomic written by Orion Gates. It follows the adventures of a man named Orion, who opens a portal into another world when he and his sister were about to get into a car accident. They landed in a typical fantasy world where they met the elf Ela. She is helping them get home by traveling through other worlds along the way.
The art has undergone a lot of change, probably due at least in part to the crossover with Emergency Exit.
There are only a few main characters you need to keep track of:
- Orion Gates (the character, not the author) is The Hero. He considers the whole journey an amazing adventure. He has recently discovered an ability to work magic ( although with a tendency to blow things up) and has an obsession with swords.
- Laura Gates is Orion's sister. She is annoyed that he is the only chance she has of getting back to a normal life. She is extremely protective of her car and owns a "Cthulhu tazer."
- Ela is an elf and not from the same world as Orion and Laura. She is currently training Orion in magic and although she has less raw power, she can cast far more controlled and complex spells.
Tropes used in Beyond Reality include:
- Author Avatar - Orion is Orion's, and the Love Interest is based off the author's Real Life girlfriend
- Ban on Magic - One world the trio visits enforces this.
- BFS - Orion carries one around
- Compensating for Something - A female villain makes a comment about Orion's BFS during the crossover.
- The Homeward Journey
- Rule of Funny - The reason why most subtitles are in Old English.
- Sapient Ship - Sebastian
- Schedule Slip - For a long time there was no schedule. The comic recently came out of a long hiatus and now updates with a few pages once a month.