Rock Paper Scissors (webcomic)/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Abandon Shipping: Early in the story, the pairing of Mr. Friday and Reilly together was very popular, despite Mr. Friday's apparently being a psychopath. And then the audience was informed of both [dead link] characters' [dead link] ages. A vast chunk of the shippers for the pairing panicked and abandoned the ship. Quite a few did stick around, but the idea of a Jack/Reilly pairing is still a source of Squick for some readers, purely because of the age difference.
  • And the Fandom Rejoiced: After almost a year without updates, hiruda suddenly started churning out pages at a rapid speed. This trope ensued.
  • Complete Monster: The Doctor, for what he did to the lives of Jack Porter and Sonia Friday.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Louis occasionally gets this treatment from fans. Jack used to be a definitive example of it prior to his Character Development and the reveal of his Brainwashed and Crazy condition. It's pretty clear that, sociopath or brainwashed Woobie, Jack can do little to displease his fans.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Oscar, the barber who makes Sloppy Joes! He seems to serve no major purpose in the story but is extremely popular in the fandom.
  • Fan Disservice: The author likes this trope. She usually lampshades the Fan Disservice in her author comments. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything that could be considered legitimate Fan Service in this comic. The author seems to enjoy mocking the very idea of including such a thing.
  • Funny Moments: Has its own page.
  • Nightmare Fuel: The reveal of what is beneath the Doctor's cloak. Dear god.
  • Viewer Gender Confusion: A mild example, but Reilly was subject to this during the first couple of chapters. A few people thought that she was a boy for a while - presumably because of her short hair, mostly flat chest, and her name (which can be used for both males and females.) Thanks to a combination of Art Evolution and Word of God though, this is no longer an issue.
  • The Woobie: Mr. Porter. He was just a good, kind-hearted, psychiatrist who wanted to help his friend Sonia's family. And then he was brainwashed by his patient. This decent individual was basically forced to watch helplessly as his new persona, Mr. Friday, killed people for the sake of the Doctor's plans. He was unable to stop it for years and was even forced to watch helplessly as his brainwashed self killed Sonia, the woman he loved. He then met Reilly who unintentionally helped him snap out of it, but she found that she still hated him for all that he had done - justifiably so, from her perspective. It is still very easy to feel sorry for Jack on this page in particular. Reilly looks absolutely horrified at what he had to go through.
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