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{{quote box|The most''[[Tagline|...Because "normal" panelis in the whole strip...so seriously"gay."]]''}}

''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131107091400/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/ Blur the Lines]'' is a webcomic written by Bob Kusiak which uses the escapades of its two gay male protagonists, Rick and Drew (who are partners), to comment on popular culture, contemporary politics, and the dynamics of gay sexuality. According to the author, many of the situations in the comic are inspired by actual conversations he has with his real-life partner. Each comic is accompanied with a blog entry by the author about the train of thought that led to the comic's creation, his thoughts on recent events, messages to his readership, stories about his life, and other such things. The comic started in October 2009 and has grown in popularity thanks to links from other like-minded sites.

* [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band]]: The hardcore fuck-metal band "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170909112743/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=448 Poop-Dick]".

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] when Rick refuses to feel up a guy because [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212174243/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=371 he thinks the man's bitter ex-boyfriend may be watching them.]

* [[Angrish]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233928/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=493\%5C]

{{quote| Jesus... Fuck! I... people... can't... fuck!<br />

Wife... ass... video... fuck... Bad! Bad!<br />

* [[Author Avatar]]: Though Rick and Drew resemble the author and his boyfriend, respectively, the author and his boyfriend ''themselves'' make an appearance in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040027/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=470 the 100th comic].

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Rick is very good at luring overweight straight men into sexual encounters without making them realize he is doing so, such as when he convinced a straight man to give him oral sex to get back at his girlfriend [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613165126/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=140\%5C], or when he [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613165131/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=287 bet a man at PAX that he couldn't roll four evens out of ten.] (For losing that bet, Rick had to give oral sex to every fat man in the room.)

* [[Brain Bleach]]: Drew asks for this after Rick explains [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305163030/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=393 the difference between under armor and spandex.]

** He also screams for this after Rick [https://web.archive.org/web/20151001054210/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=91 ruins food for him].

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Rick is kicked out of a ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' round because he keeps trying to "bluff" his way into the pants of his fellow players; [https://web.archive.org/web/20130820233258/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=216 he thinks they kicked him out just because he's gay.]

* [[Cultural Stereotypes]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035751/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=159 The rural poor.]

** Used again [https://web.archive.org/web/20121226132040/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=309 here].

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: The male escort goes beyond it when he realizes that if he wants to earn money by being "gay for pay," he needs to actually {{spoiler|be gay.}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20190822222611/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=95\%5C]

* [[Double Entendre]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627162427/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=202 About snow, no less.]

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021545/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=56 Even Rick's hapless straight friend would go for] [[Brad Pitt]].

* [[Fan Service]]: Especially the following strips: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130820105303/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=5 Under Construction], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223614/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=275 Limp Wrists], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101518/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=577 Skills to Pay the Bills]

** As well as [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613165131/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=287 the photos Kusiak took at PAX].

** And the photos Kusiak took at a Motor City Pride event, especially those of [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130656/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=408 the bear car wash.]

* [[G -Rated Drug]]: Rick's reaction to eating [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170112/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=206 a whole box of chocolate covered espresso beans].

* [[Gag Penis]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080635/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=118 mannequin's bulge].

{{quote| '''Rick:''' ...It's the dead of winter, his package shouldn't be nearly so pronounced...}}

* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: Subverted in that the good angel and bad angel eventually agree that taking both of their suggestions would be the best thing to do. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233907/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=335\%5C]

* [[Ho Yay]]: [[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerated]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160323132356/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=283 this strip], where Drew writes a very erotic ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' fan fic.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Rick joined BeautifulPeople.com just to "fuck with pretty people" and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170911/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=133 is then offended when his profile is deleted because he put on weight.]

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051421/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=65 The potential names of Rick's superhero persona].

** There's also the conversation between the dildo and the fleshlight. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306053019/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=249 Seriously].

** As well as [https://web.archive.org/web/20121226133526/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=254 the pick-up line] the biker tries to use on Rick.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223313/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=322 Bowels of hell.]

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012829/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=388 Honorable discharge.]

* [[It Got Worse]]: Rick thought Drew had a tiny comb because he had crabs, but it's actually {{spoiler|for his [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Edward Cullen]] doll.}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233909/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=35\%5C]

* [[King of All Cosmos]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041223/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=502 God is a] [[Bear]].

* [[Leather Man]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20151001052854/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=80 BSDM leather daddy] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121226133526/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=254 biker].

* [[Life Embellished]]: As was mentioned, the author claims that many of the comics are based on conversations he has with his real-life partner, and Rick and Drew resemble the author and his boyfriend, as was made clear when the author and his boyfriend make an appearance in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040027/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=470 the 100th comic].

* [[MacGyvering]]: Rick makes a fleshlight out of an empty can and some ground chuck (meat). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160912233323/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=45\%5C]

* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]: The kilt-wearing man [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101805/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=258 performs one of these involuntarily].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160321065623/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=380 Jhizrag, Kumguzzle, and Arsenuzzle.]

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150415143455/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=23 They are also erotic].

* [[Playing to The Fetishes]]: Rick accuses [[The Hobbit]] of doing this by continuously describing how fat Bombur is. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190822222638/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=245\%5C]

* [[Porn Without Plot]]: [[Conversational Troping|Conversed]], then [[Discussed Trope|discussed]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233908/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=176\%5C]

{{quote| '''Rick:''' Porno could be so much more in the right hands... but it's mainly just, "Whoops, wrong door! Let's fuck!"<br />

'''Drew:''' How about we make our own porn? Want to lick this spoon clean, or lick it off of me?<br />

* [[Porn Withwith Plot]]: Rick's plan to make an X-Tube video that is also a social commentary on the BP oil spill. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233909/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=384\%5C]

* [[Secret Identity Change Trick]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233909/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=309\%5C]

{{quote| '''Drew:''' What the fuck?! How did you change that fast?!}}

* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233931/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=127\%5C].

{{quote| '''Rick:''' Is this like a "[[Seinfeld]]'' monologue, or do you expect an answer?}}

* [[Shout -Out]]: "[[Memetic Mutation|I've had it with the mother-fucking fatties]] [[Snakes Onon a Plane|on this mother-fucking plane!"]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233909/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=211\%5C]

* [[StraightInvisible Gayto Gaydar]]: Both of the main characters fit this trope, as do most of the other gay characters in the comic.

** [[Parodied Trope|Parodied]] when Drew mocks Rick for asking his mother for a flannel shirt for Christmas. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233909/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=107\%5C]

** [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]], then [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] when Drew considers whether he should check himself off as "Straight Acting" on a dating site, thinks of what his heterosexual friends are like, and decides against it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021848/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=147 Turns out that even straight people can be decidedly un-straight acting].

{{quote| '''Rick:''' I wonder if on straight dating sites they have a "gay acting" check-box...}}

* [[Stripper Cop Confusion]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190925055235/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=365\%5C]

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233931/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=110\%5C]

* [[Time Stands Still]]: Rick accidentally stops time and uses the opportunity to get... intimate with a friend of his. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233910/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=62\%5C]

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] before Rick beats up a man with a homophobic bumper sticker on his car. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233910/http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=159\%5C]

{{quote| '''Rick:''' Thank God, because this would feel a lot more dirty if I thought you were enjoying it...}}

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