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Line 6: One of the biggest things that makes the city of Domina unique is its use of the toy maker, a [[Bio Augmentation]] device. People can use it to remake themselves however they like, and entire cultures have formed based on vampires, demons, and angels. The city's [[Wretched Hive\|harsh nature]] means that most of these cultures spend their time killing each other, but the political balance is being upset by the arrival of the [[Our Zombies Are Different\|screamers]]. The first chapter can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20121117020017/http://dominacity.com/2011/09/04/test-2-2/ here]. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This web-novel shows examples of: ===~~ * [[Alliterative Name]]: Adam Andrew Anders. * [[The All -Concealing "I"]]: Every character's first POV chapter starts with "My name is ___" and a few short facts about themselves. [[Big Bad\|The Composer]] is the sole exception, which means we don't know his name, gender, or anything else other than that he [[Ax Crazy\|likes killing]]. ~~<!-- %% AltumVidetur is on this page as GratuitousLatin %% -->~~ * [[Big Bad]]: The Composer. * [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: MC can do this with the GPS devices in phones. She's supposed to get permission, but she forgets. * [[Bio Augmentation]]: The "toy maker," a body-modification device. It's described as "like stem cells, but without all the moral implications." * [[The Call Put Me Onon Hold]]: ''Lutum informis'' (means something in the neighborhood of "the misformed clay") can't use the toy maker anywhere near as well as normal people. Adam is one. * [[City of Adventure]]: The titular Domina City. * [[Childhood Friends]]: Derek and Laura, until something went wrong when they were eleven, and Laura moved away. All we know is she blames Derek. Line 28 ⟶ 27: * [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: Quite a bit. [[Gratuitous Foreign Language\|Gratuitous Irish]]: The Princess of Killing Sparrow lapses into bad Irish when she's angry. {{quote\| '''[[The Rant]]:''' [[Hand Wave\|Any and all inconsistencies with the Irish grammar shall henceforth be answered by "The fey are crazy, and not actually Irish]]."}} [[Gratuitous Latin]]: "Domina" means "Lady" in Latin. Every chapter title is a Latin word. *** The biggest gang in the city is Necessarius, which is Latin for "Necessary." Line 35 ⟶ 34: * [[Hair of Gold]]: Derek. * [[Horned Humanoid]]: Lily and the other demons. * [[Hot Chick ~~With~~with a Sword]]: Akane carries around a real katana, which she apparently uses in kendo. * [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: Akane's chapter starts with "My name is Akane Akiyama. Daughter of Akio, son of Yoshrou. I am the last of the honorable samurai house Akiyama, founded in the first days of the Edo period." * [[Ice Queen]]: Laura, especially to Derek. * [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Derek again. Line 51 ⟶ 50: * [[Odango Hair]]: Ling, Akane's Chinese roommate. * [[Our Monsters Are Different]]: A few have been mentioned in the title page, as "cultures built on legends." Apparently, they're groups of people modified by the [[Bio Augmentation\|toy maker]]. [[Our Angels Are Different]]: [[Light 'Em Up\|Light-emitting]] [[Fantastic Racism\|vampire-haters]]. [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Just people with horns. Except for the [[Horny Devils\|succubi]]. ** [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: Apparently, they have monsters. Line 58 ⟶ 57: * [[The Rant]]: A "Behind the Scenes" section at the bottom of each chapter. * [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Artemis Butler, despite being a gang lord. The second he discovers a threat to the city, he works to stop it, including recruiting college kids (who happen to be immune to the zombie virus). * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Seemingly subverted with Lily. She has red eyes, but seems gentle and kind. ** Possibly played straight with Artemis Butler. He's an albino (probably), and not someone you should cross. * [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The "rats" are about the size of a dog. * [[Shout -Out]]: "Akamatsu University" is named after Ken Akamatsu, a famous mangaka. Ling namechecks a number of anime, including ''[[Gundam]]'' and ''[[Samurai ~~Seven~~7]]''. Those are so explicit they might not count, though. A reporter is named [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution ~~(Video Game)~~\|Eliza Cassan]]. Kelly describes her immediate superior (a wolf-kemo) as "An ex-Rahu, a warrior wolf." In ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'', Rahu are the warrior auspice. There is a shout out to [[~~Artemis Fowl (Literature)\|~~Artemis Fowl]]. One character is named Artemis Butler. * [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Lizzy. Over six feet, in fact. * [[Stock Super Powers]]: A number powers have been demonstrated so far, though it has not been revealed where they come from. Line 71 ⟶ 70: [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Ling [[Living Lie Detector]]: Laura. [[Playing ~~With~~with Fire]]: The first "screamer." [[Super Speed]]: Akane. * [[Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy]]: According to the title page, anyway. Doesn't get much more explicit than "A blight on the face of the world."