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{{quote|"the one where people have [[Artificial Limbs|cords]] <br />
coming out of them <br />
like [[Naughty Tentacles|big bad robotic hentai beasts]]"|Wheeeeeeatthins}}
 
''Cordless'' is an interactive comic based on ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' published on the ''[[MS Paint Adventures (Webcomic)|MS Paint Adventures]]'' forums by a forumgoer called Sega ([[Name's the Same|no, not]] ''[[Name's the Same|that]]'' [[Sega]]). The plot is very similar to ''Homestuck''; bunch of people play [[The Most Dangerous Video Game|SBURB]], the meteors come, the kids enter the medium and begin an epic quest. The main difference is that the players are aliens from the planet Terron and have robotic arms called [[Title Drop|'Cords']] attached to them at birth to determine their [[Fantastic Caste System|caste]]. They use [[Virtual Reality]] instead of contemporary computers, meaning that they're present as a Hologram to manipulate their client's environment, and the meteors are pretty much a non-issue due to Terron Meteor Defence System.
 
So they get to deal with the DOOMSDAY INSTIGATOR.
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''Cordless'' stands out because of its original characters, worldbuilding and Flash animations.
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210130508/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32751-Cordless Original forum thread]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727083018/http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=184 Mirror]
 
On October 26th26, 2011, the author announced the death of the series, citing a lack of satisfaction in it.
 
...But then later revived it with a reboot of the original, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131115214815/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?47265-Rebuild-of-Cordless Rebuild of Cordless] on April 12, 2012.
 
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=== ''Cordless'' exhibits the following tropes: ===
* [[A God Am I]]: Lance has a few pulse-pounding moments of this [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190814115710/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=54 here] as he comes to term with just how much power he wields as a server player. Well, he does have the power to will entire structures into or out of existence.▼
 
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Lance has a few pulse-pounding moments of this [http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=184&p=54 here] as he comes to term with just how much power he wields as a server player. Well, he does have the power to will entire structures into or out of existence.
* [[Alien Blood]]: Terronians can have blood any shade (including black) of their eye color. Their hair takes the same color.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: PA got his [[Wingding Eyes]] by getting hit on the head by debris from the wrecked Prospitian prison. Given his later (earlier) appearances, he hasn't suffered from it too much.
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* [[Artificial Limbs]]: At birth all Terronians have a number of cords fused into their spines ranging from one to four (see [[Fantastic Caste System]] below). These Cords are mechanical in nature and of such powerful construction that few Terronians bother fighting with their fleshy, natural limbs.
** Also, one character has an artificial leg.
* [[Attack Hello]]: Venia's reaction to Alfonso's [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190822082554/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=59 interrupting her].
* [[Bad Dreams]]: Lance the Derse dreamer.
** [[The Insomniac]]: See above.
* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: Nephita [http://mspfanventures.com/?s=184&p=322 absolutely hates it] when she gets annoyed.
* [[Big Bad]]: The Doomsday Instigator, for now at least.
* [[Chained Byby Fashion]]: {{spoiler|Dream Venia}} is bound in several chains, and has a lock over her eyes.
* [[Colony Drop]]: When meteors prove not to be enough, the [[Big Bad]] sends {{spoiler|the Moon}}. Note that the planet still has a gun big enough to destroy it, {{spoiler|except that the [[Big Bad]] [[Deflector Shields|blocks it]]}}.
* [[Crossover]]: A variant; the ''species'' itself appears in ''[[Nepeta Quest 2011 (Fanfic)|Nepeta Quest 2011]]'', but not the actual characters. Rather, the author of that adventure created a new person from this species. Considering that Trolls themselves are mentioned a few times (as invading Terron in the past), it implies that Alternia and Terron have a relationship.
** With a reference to Nepetaquest's resident Terron, Decima, they are probably in full-on [[Shared Universe]] territory.
* [[Crashing Dreams]]: The cranes in Nephita's dream.
* [[Crazy Cultural Comparison]]: Subverted.
{{quote| ''[http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s{{=}}184&p{{=}}262 To humans], the act of biting someone's ear and running isn't ideal for trying to show your affections. For Terronians however, it... um... it's actually almost the same. [[Yandere|Nephita]] is just really fuckin' weird.''}}
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: How Venia wins her race against Colnar, in the first indicator of what she has beneath her cloak.
* [[Eat the Dog]]: -sites replace the role plant life plays on other planets. They are also pets.
** Gerardsprite weighs in on [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190814115710/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=115 the subject].
* [[Euphemism Buster]]: Venia when Sera mentions bathroom issues.
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Fantastic Caste System]]: Not as racist as the Trolls, but the Terronians don't get a choice what they want to be when they grow up. Exposition [http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=184&p=19 here].
** Four cords: heavy industrial work
** Three cords: science and research
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*** {{spoiler|Later revealed to be the ancestors of the Terronian race, or the [[Title Drop|Cordless]]}}
* [[Fastball Special]]: In Venia's flashback. Against their will, but [[You Monster!|at the audience's urging]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|Scarlet. Mackenzie. Faust.]]
* [[Fridge Horror]]: As various -sites are the alpha and omega of the Terronian diet, barring [[Fan Wank|costly interstellar trade delicacies]], then all Terronians have {{spoiler|never tasted ice-cream}}. This is the greatest travesty in their history.
{{quote| {{spoiler|1=<nowiki>WH4T K1ND OF PL4N3T DO3SNT H4V3 OR4NG3 CR34MS1CL3S? >:?</nowiki>}}}}
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
* [[Interactive Comic]]
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: As if though being [[Yandere]] wasn't good enough for Nephita, she had to go {{spoiler|kill some cranes}}!
* [[Holographic Terminal]]: The main interface for Terronians while connected.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Alfonso talks like this nigh constantly.
* [[Lost Technology]]: Sylladexing.
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Nephita, once she gets the Choirphone.
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: Looks like the moon is about to [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190822082549/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=62 destroy the planet]. Meh.
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: EVERYONE. Well, except the -sites. {{spoiler|And dream selves (Lance's confirmed), and the Terronian ancestors}}
** [[Combat Tentacles]]: See above.
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** [[Running Gag]]
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]
* [[Shell Game]]: Dream Nephita wonders which of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123015407/http://mspfanventures.com/?adv=184&id=306 these towers] houses Dream Lance. The reader already knows none of them does, since Lance is on Derse.
* [[Shout -Out]]: To ''[[Crystal Rave]]'' and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105071717/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?24768-crystal-rave.&p=3087087&viewfull=1#post3087087 Drill-Whip] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210130508/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32751-Cordless&p=4247403&viewfull=1#post4247403 here].
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Desert world.
** And of course, Sburb-generated planets. Lance's is [[Ironic Hell|full of construction sites]] and cranes.
* [[Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: Alfonso, and loved for it. [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190814115714/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=53 Douchecool].
** There are [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190814115715/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=63 "hints"] that the Douchecool is a facade, and he has expressed frustration that no one can see beyond it.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: Nephita, who breaks into Lance's room to watch him sleep (and take photos).
* [[Strange Girl]]: Nephita. Aside from her [[Yandere]] tendencies and [[Verbal Tic]] (Coro!), she also shows her affection by biting someone's ear.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Venia's outfit.
{{quote| '''Venia:''' And we've been over this, my face. Up here.<br />
'''Alfonso:''' Soz. Even with your [[Sarcasm Mode|*extremely* modest]] duds Al somehow can't help himself, you know?<br />
'''Venia:''' Point taken. }}
* [[Tempting Fate]]: At least once.
{{quote| '''Sera:''' It isn't a [http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s{{=}}184&p{{=}}55 matter of life and death.]<br />
'''Lance:''' I guess you're right.<br />
'''Sera:''' Of course! :P }}
* [[Title Drop]]: Not exactly, but it's obvious where it comes from.
** {{spoiler|1=[http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=184&p=98 What cords?]}}
** {{spoiler|1=Later brought in fully with [http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=184&p=224 the Cordless]}}
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** [[BFG]]
* [[Yandere]]: Nephita for sure.
** [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20190822082558/https://mspfa.com/?s=184&p=95 Yandere mode.]
** "Don't you just love watching him sleep, corocoro?"
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]
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