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'''Digger:''' ''"Go help ''who''? How do we even know what side we're on? And if this is some kind of raid, I'm pretty sure both sides are going to be stabbing first and asking questions later, if at all."'' }}

 

 

After having been hosted on a subscription site for most of its existence, it is now completely free to read. So go read it. [http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=3 Preferably from the beginning.]

 

 

Character page [[Digger/Characters|here]]. Contributions welcome.

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* [[Action Girl]]: Grim Eyes and most of the hyena women. To a somewhat lesser extent, Digger herself. Though really, by hyena standards the trope would be "Action Guy". Amazonian culture at a genetic level...

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|All Guys Want Bad Girls]]: A character clearly states that even after all the horrible domestic abuse, he never stopped ''loving'' his partner. Which, all things considered, makes it far, far more tragic. Added tragedy is that the situation wouldn't have gotten half so bad if his spouse hadn't been ''pushed over the edge by her own sibling''.

** Though the author admits that she was [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants|writing by the seat of her pants]] during the point where most of these were introduced, so she didn't actually intend to use them when they were first introduced. The ones she ''did'' plan on being [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Guns]] are straight examples, of course.

* [[Church Militant]]: The Veiled, after a fashion. They're more of a police force than military, and are at the disposal of ''multiple'' deities rather than a single faith.

** It is implied that this was not a unique case.

* [[A Crack in the Ice]]: On the quest, {{spoiler|Digger and Murai}} fall into a crevasse in a snowfield {{spoiler|as cryptically prophesied by the slug. Murai breaks her arm, and Grim Eyes and Shadowchild are barely able to save them.}}

* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: The People, {{spoiler|ritually cannibalistic}} bipedal hyenas who consider any non-hyena sentient fair-game when hunting, who turn out to mostly be very nice people once you get to know them, ''especially'' [[The Woobie|Ed]], who after all does start off trying to eat Digger, and a few comics latter [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|serves her tea.]] And the Statue of Ganesh: although infinitely compassionate Digger instinctively feels all gods are [[Nay Theist|dangerous and best not meddled with]] but is eventually forced to grudgingly admit the Statue of Ganesh is a good guy. Ursula Vernon likes this trope. [http://ursulav.deviantart.com/gallery/#Happy-Cthulhu-and-Friends A lot.]

* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: "Ed is not being sure if taunting ancient evil is being the ''best'' idea..."

* [[Dramatic Unmask]] / [[The Reveal]]: Digger removes the masks from the cold servants [http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=335 here] (SPOILERS, obviously).

* [[Dug Too Deep]]: How the story started, and arguably its entire premise. It is however of course [[Reconstructed]], as unlike the dwarves of Moria, wombats are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know there are some things in the deeps you ''leave the hell alone!''

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Hyena people do not consider other sapient species and races as people. Also, all but one of the human guides from a particular village refused to escort a crew that included non-humans.

** And ''he'' had a {{spoiler|deer's head}}.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: In this universe there are trolls, dead gods, "Jesus", magic, a "Virgin Mary" (who may or may not be an evil witch as well), Ganesh, demons, talking animals, and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|deer-minotaurs made from herbal pills]].

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The hyenas have one. Exiled tribe members have their name "eaten", making them a nonentity in their culture.

* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: [http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=507 Little Skin Painter and Blood Eyes], because of the way hyena biology works.

* [[Troll Bridge]]: Surka the ''professional'' bridge troll. She's actually a shrew, although she has a couple of popular trolls on hand too.

** Ursula Vernon stories are often large amounts of [[Shown Their Work]] for some of the more ridiculous aspects of biology and mythology.

* [[Tunnel King]]: Digger.

* [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants]]: According to [[Word of God]], the majority of chapter one, since she didn't realize she'd be writing a massive, multi-chapter epic. This includes the introduction of characters who would go on to become important members of the cast, such as Ed and the Shadowchild. Lampshaded by Ursula herself, who comments in one strip, "If it wasn’t for the seat of my pants, I’d have no plot at all." The plot does get more structured from then on, however.

 

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