Ink (original character tournament)

An Asylum? What could possibly go wrong?

Dear Recipient,

"Have you ever experienced something you'd rather forget? Or have you actually forgotten what you'd rather remember? What if you could remember or forget, just like that? What, perhaps, if it was not you that needed to forget, but someone else?

The INK Asylum.

Enter a world where you yourself are the mystery; Who are you? What are you? Travel the hallways of Ink Asylum as you try to regain pieces of your memory, encountering friend and foe alike. Each victory will bring you one step closer to regaining who you are...and one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of Ink!

An Original Character Tournament currently^[when?] in final round (comics or flash only), which can be found at deviantArt Ink asylum has been brought to you by: Mixmaster163

Tropes used in Ink (original character tournament) include:

Basic Tropes in INK

Quest for Identity: The point of the whole OCT
Not in Kansas Anymore: All the contestants pretty much wake up with this reaction.
Alien Sky The sky ranges from purple to a pinkish-violet color.
Dark World: Subverted. It's usually night, but there can be brief moments of daytime.
Amnesiac Hero: And a couple of amnesiac villains too.
Break the Cutie: The random number generator whipped up a few first round match-ups that seem destined for this.
Living Memory: Duh.

Asylum residents

==== Warden Atramenti/The Warden:[1]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: mixmaster163
Shapeshifting: He can take the form of a an anthropomorphic cat, a real cat, and a small boy.
Cats Are Magic: see above trope.
High-Class Glass: Even his child form wears a Monocle!
The Insomniac: He has dark circles under his eyes... even in his cat form!

==== N and K:[2]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: nightingale628
Cheerful Child: Complete with cap hat and school shorts.
Undead Child: Though he's quite solid for a ghost.
British Accents: From this flash he has a London cockney one.
Cute Ghost Girl: Though not very social.
Emotionless Girl: and boy
Big Brother Is Watching: Or big sister, she watches over a hundred screens and makes sure no-ones breaking any rules.
Woman in White: well girl in white.
The Ghost: I is mentioned and is up for interpretation, but is unknown.
Yaoi Fangirl: now^{[dead link]} canon^{[dead link]}

Io Non:[3]

Creator: thedemonsurfer
Berserk Button: Speaking to Io in Italian leads him to become manic and beyond console.
Broken Record: "Io non ti amo come fossi rosa di sale, o topazio, o la freccia cremisi che il fuoco scocca. Ti amo come certe cose oscure siano da essere amate, in segreto, fra l'ombra e l'anima." This is the only thing he knows how to say.

==== Smia Delghadi:[4]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: sonadorrey
Beware the Nice Ones: Smia is usually a kind, calm person, but if you push her too far...
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Upon using her special ability.

==== Jude:[5]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: rubymight
Artificial Limbs: His left arm is robotic
Neat Freak: Jude must have everything organized
Super OCD: Must have everything organized

==== Cara and Gatz:[6]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: fox7xd
Lie to the Beholder: Only Cara knows how Gatz really looks like. Everyone else's perception of him depends on the person.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Cara, of course.

==== Clarie and Rio: [7]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: taplaos
Machine Monotone
Robot Buddy: Rio only listens to Clarie.
He can even comb her hair.

Tropes regarding various patients

There are over 38 patients currently in Ink Asylum

Aidin Trut & Aurelio

Creator: comical-cali
Boxing Kangaroo: Martial arts is more like it, but close enough.
Kangaroos Represent Australia: Aidin, and you know it!
Parrot Pet Position: Cockatoo is more like it.
Badass: Aidin so bad.

==== Alexander & Dameon [8]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: zeakari
Sharing a Body: Upon entering INK, the two have become one.

Alice & Jason

Writer: scribblesngibberish Artist: white-rabbitz
A Boy And His Demon Bodyguard
Bodyguard Babes: Alice... (Then later Laithia, the lucky bastard.)
Dragon with an Agenda: That contract is the only thing keeping Jason safe from her.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Alice, nuff' said.
Teen Genius: Jason is 17. Yeah.
Freudian Excuse: Jason's childhood wasn't exactly picture-perfect.

Arthur Rosenberg

Creator: artic-moon
Blue Blood: He's an aristocrat.
Badass Longcoat: The coat has a magical charm on it that deflects any malevolent force. So not only does it look cool, it's functional!
Bishonen: Actually written into his character. Not just because of the artist's art style.
Something About a Rose: Indeed it is a typical Bishōnen trait, but the rose is actually his family's crest, so everyone has to wear one. Besides, the only one he has is the one on his tie.

Ava & Junko

Creator: stewedrat
Badass: Ava
Funny Animal
Super Buddies: All for one and one for all!

==== Bastion Feral [9]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: flykiwifly
Yandere: He'll break your legs to ensure you'll NEVER be able to leave him
I Just Want to Have Friends: Despite the above statement, you should feel sorry for him.
Little Bit Beastly: Bastion has cat ears and two tails.

Bloop wolf

Creator: kanashi-zeneck
Shapeshifting: Bloop is not really a wolf, and can transform into other things.
Funny Animal: can shape into anything.

Conway

Creator: kaylabirdee
Katanas Are Just Better: Though.. despite the trope stating Katana's being better, he dislikes his.
Emotional Bruiser: He's emotionally weak.

Cory

Creator: irish-hugz
Big Brother Instinct
Crack Pairing: before the OCT even started. (see 'Yaoi Fangirl' above)
He has a companion named Mollie
- Our Ghosts Are Different: because she's a sheep

==== Daniel Cauchemar & Vincent Brown [10]^{[dead link]} [11]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: Daniel belongs to castilen, Vincent belongs to Dalmonite
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: No matter how nice he appears to be toward you, Daniel will not hesitate to eat your soul.
Friendly Enemy: The two are an unlikely duo as Daniel had tried to kill Vincent. But they did just lose their memories after entering INK, and are now working together.
Glowing Eyes of Doom
Stepford Smiler: Daniel is a mix of type B and type C.

==== Drake Radu [12]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: Venomouswolf
Mismatched Eyes: Drake has one blue eye and one green eye.
Our Vampires Are Different:
Power At a Price: The watch can control time, however has caused him to drown. The watch doesn't seem to cope well with being alone.
Parasol of Pain: Drake's umbrella, which doubles as a shield, a grappling device, and a club.

==== Farrell Bauernfeind [13]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: falceto-rekuri
White-Haired Pretty Boy:

Fred & Lucu

==== Hollow Doctor [14]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: britbau
Knife Nut
Serial Killer: Hollow Doctor is known for going on killing sprees

==== Jouel [15]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: Ombre-de-clause
Everything Sounds Sexier in French Oh c'mon...you know it's true.
Purple Eyes: Well pinkish amethyst coloured, and they glow in the dark
Girl with Psycho Weapon: Was this before she arrived at Ink and woke up without it.
Couldn't Find a Pen: She wrote on the back of her letter with blood. Too bad she didn't understand it later.

Jun (Julius) Ishiro

Creator: saiyoki
Breath Weapon: He can light his breath on fire
Playing with Fire
Pyromaniac
Parental Abandonment
Rape as Drama

==== July & Jun-Kay [16]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: dragol
Little Miss Badass: July is indeed quite the little badass.
Robot Girl: July
Ridiculously-Human Robots: Yeah, July again
Robot Buddy: Jun-Kay to July

==== Juve [17]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: Pitchancha
The Stoic: Juve is unable to feel any kind of emotion

Kannion

Creator: Ludren
Badass
Power Crystal: Three of them actually and comes in 3 different colors~

Kung-fu Hobo

Creator: coffeegoblet
Badass Beard: Quite.
Hobo
Only Known by Their Nickname: He has a name, he just doesn't remember it.

Laurence & Pheobe

Creator: tiger-of-the-tundra (Artist: happy-accidents )
Child Soldiers: Laurence has been training to be a soldier since age eight
Primal Fear: Pheobe is absolutely terrified of the dark

Lint

Creator: psyco-creep^{[dead link]}
Animate Inanimate Object: Lint is a scarecrow
The Speechless: Lint's mouth is stitched shut and he can only make "mhmhm" sounds

==== Luke Archer [18]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: emerald-moonlight
Bandage Babe: A rare male variant.
Chaotic Neutral: Upon losing his memories.
Confusion Fu: He's not a very predictable guy.
Insane Equals Violent: He has violent episodes when he sees a mirror, and is said to hallucinate.
Death Seeker: The main reason why he joined the tourney.

Margarette (Marge) Amery

Creator: kayetart
Mismatched Eyes: Marge has one blue eye while the other is blind and scarred
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her eyes are blue, but they get redder as she gets angrier and thus more dangerous.
White-Haired Pretty Girl: Marge has it nice and flowy

Meo Lyons

Creator: hikaru-chan16 (Tagteamer: zykrinnox)
Headphones Equal Isolation: To an even greater extent than talked of here. She lived in a cave, people.
Hearing Voices: Broken headphones. Still hears voices. She falls under insane in this trope.
The Insomniac: It must be clear by the DARK CIRCLES under her eyes that she doesn't get much sleep. (Realistic)
Cute Clumsy Girl: Well, in a paranoid, sleep-deprived way.

==== Meyer [19]^{[dead link]} ====

==== Nev'res Forst & Bite Frost [20]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: redmoondragon
Big Eater: Bite sure lives up to his name
Our Dragons Are Different
Hidden Heart of Gold / Chivalrous Pervert: Bite so much under that very rough exterior
Man Whore: Every OCT needs one and Bite will flirt with just about anyone
The Quiet One: Nev'res majority of the time
My Instincts Are Showing: Bite. All of the time.
Brother-Sister Incest: More like brother and brother, original cannon Bite had a crush on his little bro Nev'res; he still does despite liking warden as well
Not Blood Siblings: technically they're not but they're the same species and call each other brothers

Noble [21]

Creator: winterblooddrop
White-Haired Pretty Boy

==== Six [22]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: TacosaurusRex
Nice Guy: Despite the fact he looks like an intimidating robot, he doesn't want to fight anyone.

==== Sureau Ramon [23]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: Mineiti
Cloudcuckoolander: Sureau a bit.

==== Turnpike (Pike) Todd [24]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: RubyRedux
Bald Women: Yes, Pike is a girl and she is bald
Knife Nut: Waking up in the asylum, she believes she may be a serial killer.
Street Urchin: Pike lives in a box that is frequently stolen
Viewer Gender Confusion: Many have mistaken Pike for a boy

==== Twist [25]^{[dead link]} ====

Creator: LazyNinjartist
Dark and Troubled Past: Twist seems very troubled indeed.
The Faceless: Twist's face is hidden behind a mask he refuses to remove.

Round Tropes

Only the Winning Canon Rounds will be troped. (For the sake of keeping this page neat, and well, accurate to what happened in INK.)

Round One

==== Nev'res & Bite vs. Luke - Winner: Luke [26]^{[dead link]} ====

Blatant Lies: The reason Luke gave Smia on why he saved Nev'res and Bite.
Heroic Bystander: Nev'res get's shot protecting Bite.
Unstoppable Rage: Bite snapped at the sight of a gun.
The Woobie: Is Luke ever NOT the woobie?

==== Juve vs. Farrell - Winner: Juve [27]^{[dead link]} ====

When Trees Attack
Panic Attack: Farrell, at least against the emotionless Juve.

==== Jouel vs. Meo - Winner: Jouel [28]^{[dead link]} ====

Not a Morning Person: Jouel. Jouel. JOUEL. Seriously.
Poor Communication Kills: Meo and Jouel's relationship in a nutshell. That happens when you both speak different languages, I guess.
Dark and Troubled Past: For the both of them, but Jouel's was highlighted more in this round.
Just in Time: Jouel shanks Meo and wins just in time even though she's not sure what's going on.
Super Strength: Jouel is a lanky looking chick in a pink shirt. Yet she's crushing steel bed posts, lifting large chunks of rock (with Meo at the same time) and uses a railing bar as a javlin to impale thick cement and stab Meo on the other side. Would you arm wrestle her?
Weak but Skilled: Meo has trouble running up stairs and lifting heavy objects. But comes up with the best way to pass the broken stairs and manages to give herself a headstart by tricking Jouel. She THEN sets up a trap within the span of what had to have been minutes.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Meo got shanked. End of story.
No Sense of Personal Space: Lucu woke Meo up in a way that suggests he has no personal space.
Break the Cutie: Need I say more?

==== July & Jun-Kay v.s. Twist - Winner: Twist [29]^{[dead link]} ====

Conspiracy Theorist: Twist
Thrown Out the Airlock: Both almost get sucked out the building.
Crazy Prepared: Twist sets out to learn as much as he can about every person in Ink, even their names. This comes in damn handy when July tries to lie about her name.

==== Lint v.s. Bloop - Winner: Bloop [30]^{[dead link]} ====

Impromptu Tracheotomy

==== Sureau v.s. Six - Winner: Sureau [31]^{[dead link]} ====

Rock-Paper-Scissors: Rather than fighting, Sureau and Six play this to determine the winner of their round.
Defeat Means Friendship: And giant robot side-kick!

==== Julius v.s Cory - Winner: Cory [32]^{[dead link]} ====

Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Well these two should get along-Oh God Julius stop trying to BURN him to death ITS THE FIRST ROUND!
Reluctant Fighter: Cory, poor kid.

==== Danny & Vincent v.s. Bastion - Winner: Danny & Vincent: [33]^{[dead link]} ====

Booby Trap: Vincent has a talent for setting them off.
Epic Fail: Vincent.
Staring Contest:
Defeat Means Friendship: Bastion will not have it any other way.

==== Kung Fu Hobo vs. Noble - Winner: Noble [34]^{[dead link]} ====

I Am a Monster: Noble shows the first signs of having this issue.
I'm Crying but I Don't Know Why: Sort of, KFH thinks it's because Noble's happy he caught him after stealing wine. It's actually because of a memory Noble recalls after winning the round.

==== Kannion vs. Ava & Junko - Winner: Kannion [35]^{[dead link]} ====

Hollywood Darkness
Tap on the Head: Kannion wins by knocking Ava out.

Hollow Doctor v.s. Pike - Winner: Pike [36]

Knife Fight: If this match wasn't a knife fight, I don't know what it was.
Insane Troll Logic: Yes Pike, you have a kitchen knife, of course that makes you a serial killer.

==== Alice & Jason v.s Alexander - Winner: Alice & Jason [37]^{[dead link]} ====

Abusive Parents: That flashback.
Awesomeness By Analysis: Jason was able to deduct that Alex/Dameon had some sort of split personality case going on just by watching.
Killed Off for Real: Alex/Dameon. The first casualty of the tourney.
Unnecessary Roughness
Too Dumb to Live: Poor poor York...

==== Conway v.s. Marge - Winner: Marge [38]^{[dead link]} ====

Fake Memories: The first time this happens in INK, but by far not the last.
If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him: With a spin, the reason Conway can't deal the final blow to Marge is because he wants to reject the memories he sees.

Aidin & Aurelio v.s. Drake - Winner: Drake [39]

Clock Tower: This match.
Dark and Troubled Past: We get a glimpse of this through Aidin's flashback.
Eye Scream: Drake slashes Aidin across the eyes.. with a knife.
Nosy Neighbor: Lucu, who cameos as this.
Not Quite Dead: Aidin survives a long fall only to make a comeback.
Mistaken Identity: Drake initially mistakes Bastion, another contestant, for the Warden of the Asylum.
Soft Water: Aidin survives a fall from a clock tower by landing in a bale of hay.

==== Fred & Lucu v.s. Arthur - Winner: Fred & Lucu [40]^{[dead link]} ====

Chase Scene: Fred, Lucu, and Arthur spend the majority of the round running away from Rio.
Cranky Neighbor: Drake, who makes a cameo as this.
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Arthur knowingly points Fred and Lucu down a dead end to get ahead himself.
Dramatic Gun Cock: Arthur to Fred.
Everything's Better with Motorcycles
Ship Tease: Between Jude & Cara.
Thirty Second Blackout

==== Meyer v.s. Laurence & Phoebe - Winner: Meyer [41]^{[dead link]} ====

Berserk Button: Laurence
Cute Ghost Girl
Heroic BSOD: Laurence (poor Laurence, Berserk Button to BSOD in two pages)
Hostage Situation: Poor Phoebe.
Manipulative Bastard
Morphic Resonance: When Meyer's ghost minion shapeshifts to look like other competitors she always has big empty eyes. Additionally, ghosts are drawn in a less realistic style than the rest of the art in the round.
Kick the Dog: I mean really Meyer? Was pushing Phoebe into the closet and taunting Laurence about it absolutely necessary?
You Said You Would Let Them Go
Your Soul Is Mine: Hinted at and threatened...twice. Type One (possibly) with Laurence, Type Two threatened to ghostly minion

Round Two

Meyer vs. Noble- Winner: Noble [42]

Marge vs. Pike- Winner: Pike [43]

Defeat Means Friendship:
Elephant in the Living Room: Oh dead guy on the floor, everyone keep dancing.
Ballroom Blitz: Pike and Marge fight in one.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich

Alice & Jason vs. Luke- Winner: Luke [44]

Battle in the Rain: Font cover of the round.
Nightmare Fuel: Oh so much.
Mind Screw: Oh so much more.
Throw-Away Guns
Everything's Deader with Zombies

Fred & Lucu vs. Juve- Winner: Juve [45]

False Dichotomy: The Warden says Juve can leave whenever he wants, expect he really can't.
Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness: It's Juve vs two cartoon demons, need we say more?
Possession Implies Mastery: Fred thought so.
The Woobie: Lucu, your actually cute when not being loud.

Kannion vs. Jouel- Winner: Jouel [46]

Does Not Know His Own Strength: Poor Pheobe almost gets crushed in a hug.
Punched Across the Room: Kannion is sent flying in one hit, Jouel is also sent across the room by magic.
Body Horror: Younger Jouel seems to have a hole in her hand. Present Jouel takes off her one glove to find the healed wound, and reopens it.
Insanity Defense
Eye Scream: Kannion gets punched in the eye. Hard.
Blood From the Mouth: Poor Kannion.

Drake vs. Sureau- Winner: Drake [47]

Eye Scream: Drake gets STABBED.
Asshole Victim: Guess.
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Against a teenage girl, fail Drake.
Trial by Friendly Fire:
Face Doodling: Nice eye-patch.

Twist vs. Bloop- Winner: Twist [48]

Kick the Dog: Bloop loves his Twisty.
Criminal Doppelganger: Bloop
Defeat Means Friendship: Looks like Twist has a friend for life!
Tragic Past: Hints of it this round.

Cory vs. Danny & Vincent- Winner: Danny & Vincent [49]

Complete Monster: Danny
Would Hurt a Child
For the Evulz
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Vincent takes this advice.

Round Three

Danny & Vincent vs. Luke- Winner: Luke [50]

Almost Kiss: A rather funny one between Luke and Vincent
Slipping a Mickey
Despair Event Horizon: Luke isn't interested in winning, and he remembers why.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Don't take souls from strange people Danny.
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Let's just say Danny has more of a chance to win because of outside help.
Never Found the Body

Drake vs. Noble- Winner: Drake [51]

Fake Memories
Blatant Lies
Our Mermaids Are Different: Their made of white light and fake memories!
Last Second Chance: Time travel is handy
Mind Control Eyes: When Drake and Noble see memories.
Downer Ending: Bye Noble.

Twist vs. Jouel- Winner: Jouel [52]

Bridal Carry: Twist does this to Jouel when she's knocked out. She returns the favour later.
Big Bad Wannabe: Jouel points out how much Twist fails to act like a real bad guy.
Blood Knight: Despite being out numbered by monster ink snakes Jouel seems to have a little to much fun tearing them apart.
Tragic Bromance: Twist was the only match up to not somehow threaten Jouel first, the two even got on well. This ends as you might expect, see below trope.
Half the Man He Used To Be
Downer Ending: Bye Twist.

Pike vs. Juve- Winner: Juve [53]

Stepford Smiler: Juve can fake a smile.
Ungrateful Bastard: Juve.
Stoic Woobie
Trapped in Containment: Pikes fate at the end of the round.
False Friend
Mercy Kill: From Juve's view point.

Round Four

Drake vs. Luke- Winner: Luke [54]

Bromance
Broken Hero: Pretty much what Luke becomes.
Where It All Began: Luke ends up back where he started... which could be potential mindscrew

Jouel vs. Juve- Winner: Juve [55]

My God, What Have I Done?: Juve starts to get his feelings back and begins to feel guilty
Stepford Smiler: Jouel is not impressed by Juve's fake smiling.
Cool Big Sis: Jouel seems to be good at cheering up little Juve, and even gives piggybacks!
Big Brother Instinct: Juve wasn't about to leave Little Jouel to get eaten by Io.

Round Five

Luke vs. Juve- Winner

Ink Pairings!

Includes canon ones, crack ones and shipteases. (As long as they were hinted in the rounds).

Jude and Cara

Everyone Can See It: first ship in ink and still not a couple.
I Dont Flirt I Ship Tease: Fred and Lucu's rounds make good use of this.

Daniel and Clarie

Official Couple: seem to be with Clarie being all over Daniel.

Luke and Julius

Crack Pairing: Hinted in Luke's round 2, 3 and 4.

Bite and The Warden

Crack Pairing turned Official Couple: Started off as a joke until those who won their rounds (Luke, Jouel) made it canon.
One True Pairing: Universal truth and joke in Ink.

Ink Trivia!

The Cameo: The space core made an appearance in all of the round four entries. See if you can find them
- Because of this Ink is set in Space. [56]
Everyone Meets Everyone: Some kind souls drew everyone!
- The roster done by stephi-jk
- Sketches done by venomouswolf
- Chibis done by rubyredux
- Iscribble Sketch Dumps 1-6 Not all the characters, but contains a good amount.

Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: Ruby Redux has spent the better part of her evening trying to gather patient tropes xD
Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: Edit Ace just wasted hours of her life x-x