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{{quote|"Yeah, okay, hold on a second. Don't get your tentacles in a knot."|'''David Bartlett''', in response to a [[Cosmic Horror]] asking him for a dollar.}}

The main character of our story is an arts student named David Bartlett, who has [[The Woobie|a life that frankly, sucks]]. He shows up at his dorm one evening to find his friend's associates performing some sort of cultish ritual. [[Hilarity Ensues]], if you find [[Fate Worse Than Death|the cult's hideous demise]] and getting kissed by an Arabic chick who just appeared out of nowhere to be [[Bloody Hilarious|hilarious]].

 

 

As of 3/9/11, the comic is [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20110309.html on hiatus] so the author can work on [[Ten Ghost|other projects]].

* [[Author Tract]]: The [[Take That]] against, or [[Deconstruction]] of, the [[Tsundere]] archetype. It is given a disproportionate amount of attention, and seems out of place if you don't know the critical intent (see the blog post below).

** Also, she {{spoiler|was faking it to infiltrate his house}}. David knew she was either tsundere or faking (though he mistook her reason for greed) and didn't want either in his house.

** ...especially when you're asking an elder god, seeing as how they have very little understanding of humans, let alone human metaphors and euphemisms. See [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]] below for just how bad this can get.

** Narla hires a ride in exchange for "anything you want". The guy wants to never have to worry about bills again, which she considers an easy one. ''So'' many lovely interpretations of that...

* [[Boy Meets Ghoul]]: Or [[Eldritch Abomination|herald of an alien god]]/[[Kuudere]], in this case.

* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]

'''Nancy''': I ate pancakes! }}

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20110308.html The 03/08/2011 strip] is immediately followed up with a ''Hiatus'' announcement. [[Big No|Darnit.]]

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100809.html Shubby] literally introduces herself as this. Considering {{spoiler|she's Shub-Niggurath}}, how straight or subverted the trope is remains to be seen.

** [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100317.html The Sleeper of N'kai]

** This plus [[Big Beautiful Woman]] and [[Hot Mom]]: [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100922.html Shubbie], the "default" form of {{spoiler|Shub-Niggurath, "The Black Goat Of The Woods With A Thousand Young"}}. Given what she is, she's got about the right figure for it.<ref>the "thousand young" part, not the "black goat" part. No malicious intent or insult towards the physique of the average goat is intended.</ref>

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Despite what they are, most of the Lovecraftian entities really seem to be more curious about how humans act than interested in eating them. Nancy herself is fairly nice, deciding to help Dave rather than kill him in order to study [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|his desire to be loved]]. The Sleeper is literally enamored of Dave for being kind to frogs and the forest. Shubbie seems genuinely amused by / interested in Dave and his relationship with Nancy. The only exception to this (so far) is the Shoggoth, and she seems to be more of a wild animal that needs to be trained than genuinely malicious.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dave.

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: The [[Delta Green]] agent, in a particularly disturbing fashion.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [http://mr-author.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2fh0d0 Thaxton's quite good at designing stuff that fits the Lovecraft ideal.] {{spoiler|Well hello Nancy!}}

* [[Gorgeous Gorgon]]: [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100809.html Shubby] was called "Six-Gun '''Gorgon''' Dynamo" by the Elder Things.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The Deep One hybrid who held the lottery in front of the bank. Also, the Sleeper [[Your Mileage May Vary|wouldn't mind]] [[Squick|having a bunch]] [[Fetish Fuel|with Dave]].

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: [[A Form You Are Comfortable With|They're usually not human, but looking like them for our sake]].

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The cultists have {{spoiler|a girl who's already had her arms severed}}. A bloody knife and Nancy actually appearing pretty much confirm that this went all the way.

* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: {{spoiler|''Ow My Sanity'' '''definitely''' takes place in a version of the ''[[Delta Green]]'' universe with not only a cell of the aforementioned conspiracy investigating David and hints of Karotechia involvement, but the Third Book also brings in a Mi-Go complete with Grey masquerade.}}

* [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]]: Nancy's like this with all her emotions, but the trope title actually comes into play [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20101029.html here].

** A puppy of [[Cthulhu Mythos|Tindalos]]?

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Despite having a rather cynical world view, Dave often acts rather altruistically. According to the opening narration for chapter 3, it is quite possible to comprehend life's ultimate lack of meaning and still be perfectly satisfied with it.

* [[Living Bodysuit]]: Inverted. The Delta Green agent {{spoiler|wears a female [[Eldritch Abomination]] as a disguise, apparently in an attempt to assassinate David}}.

* [[Logic Bomb]]: Dave makes a Mi-go faint with one of these.

* [[Lovecraft Country]]: The comic seems to take place in one, unsurprisingly.

** Debatable. People around Dave have a tendency to die horribly, and even in human form Nancy offers to kill people for him on occasion. The only "lite" part is the creatures' reactions to Dave, and he seems to be very special somehow.

** {{spoiler|Keep in mind ''The Dunwich Horror'' was also a Lovecraft story and the ending was far more optimistic than in most of his tales. It might not necessarily end with the death/insanity/transmorgrification of Dave and/or a bunch of other humans. Considering it's based on ''[[Delta Green]]'' the Earth is still fucked in the end, but Dave and friends might not be going mad, suicidal or primordial either.}}

*** {{spoiler|Besides, did he say WHO gets the Lovecraftian ending?}}

** The author has called the webcomic his "thesis statement" on why the [[Cosmic Horror Story]] became [[Lovecraft Lite]].

* [[Mad Artist]]: Check out David's rough figure drawings of Nancy [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100614.html here] and [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100615.html here].

* [[Magnetic Girlfriend]]: Nancy. Of all the girls after David, there is only one whose proximity to David is not due to her presence: The Sleeper of N'Kai.

** Which is probably why they have yet to do anything genuinely bad to him (at least directly or intentionally). In fact, one of these creatures basically offered {{spoiler|to become his eternal bride and elevate him to godhood}} in return for his kindness. On the other hand, it may be that they see something special in him...[http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100521.html the investigators certainly do.]

* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]: The paranormal investigators that deal with eldritch matters believe that David is an evil cult leader who sacrificed his followers to summon and bind an [[Eldritch Abomination]] into his service since he was the only survivor of Nancy's summoning. While his wish did get the remaining cultists killed and made Nancy his companion, David was just an ordinary(?) guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong (right?) time. His penchant for drawing [[Eldritch Abomination]] sketches just makes him look even more suspicious in their eyes.

* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: Shubby uses one. [[BFG|It's as long as her lower arm]].

* [[Ship Sinking]]: David/Collette got put down ''hard''.

** [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100414.html Nice statues] you've got there.

** Mmm...let's buy a shirt with the [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100120.html mark of Hastur] on it. Maybe someone will say its name three times.

** David knows better than to buy a house in Dunwich. [[Genre Savvy|Smart man]].

** Let's go see ''[[The King in Yellow]]'': [[Blatant Lies|a comedy in four parts.]]

** Shubby being referred to as a "six-gun gorgon dynamo" by the two Elder Things (and their dialogue afterwards) comes from [http://www.lyricsmania.com/six-gun_gorgon_dynamo_lyrics_darkest_of_the_hillside_thickets.html Six Gun Gorgon Dynamo] by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets...that is about Shub-Niggurath.

*** Just before Shubby's save, the Elder Things who wondered how Dave got into Phase Space mention how he reminds them of Randolph Carter.

** [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20101126.html See that girl?] She was a Shoggoth. "Sooo cooool" is their catchphrase in ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]''.

*** More like ''still is'', sort of how one Albert Shiny went along.

** And of course a [[Delta Green]] cell got involved.

*** [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20101125.html This] strip likely foreshadows [[Ghostapo|Karotechia]] involvement in the series as well.

** Nancy's eyes in her real form.

** Narla's tie.

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: Literally, with the two Elder Things.

* [[Take That]]: Possibly by the author against a [[Tsundere|character archetype]] he appears not too fond of. [http://owmysanity.blogspot.com/2010/08/david-is-dangerous-with-that-logic.html "Go David. Don't take no shit off dat tsundere wannabe."] No telling if other tsunderes will appear later in the comic to better treatment, though.

* [[Trademark Favourite Food]] / [[Sense Freak]]: Nancy certainly likes pancakes.

'''Nancy''': Yes, I did. It was an imperative. }}

** Possibly Colette Pickman.

** Narla Hotep, according to the author's Deviant Art gallery.

** [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20100827.html Dave deconstructs this trope] in a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: The author has hinted at this. David seems to be accruing one made entirely of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]. It's not really there yet, but some chapter names and Thaxton's deviant art gallery give us a peek at what's coming.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: [http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20110128.html A group of eldritch abominations... playing Call Of Cthulhu...]

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