Mythed up

List of Characters:

Angel: A genderfluid human/siren hybrid that dances at the Birdcage. They're in a three-way relationship with Gunter and Delia. Conspicuous in the Crowd: The thing which alerts Delia to Angel's presence and gets her to talk to them when Angel first comes to the birdcage is the fact that Angel is the only person in the audience seemingly making an active effort not to look at the stage, being shown looking directly at the table with the hood of their hoodie pulled up over their head. Eating the Eye Candy: Gets hit with this hard after coming across Gunter working out, to the point of barely even being able to get a sentence out. Hippie Name: Though it wouldn't be accurate to call Angel's parents hippes, they did still name them after a kind of heavenly being. Non-Human Non-Binary: Zig-Zagged. It's left ambiguous whether or not Angel's genderfluidity is a result of the emergence of their latent siren genes, vice versa, or a mix of both. Tap on the Head: A rather poorly timed entrance on Gunter's part when Angel is learning how to pole dance in volume 85 results in Angel swinging up and slamming their head into the pole so hard they knock themselves out. Presented more realistically than most iterations of this trope, with Angel being given immediate medical attention and waking up relatively quickly. The Mirror Shows Your True Self: A non-supernatural, Downplayed variation, at one point a young angel is shown staring into a store window and sees their reflection appear to be wearing a dress. Though Angel isn't a shapeshifter, this moment is implied to be a contributing fact to them realizing they're genderfluid. The Runaway: Of the abused variety, Angel ran away from home due to their parents' Fantastic Racism and transphobia. They're implied to have been homeless for a long time before they finally made their way to the Birdcage with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.

Gunter: jotun who works as a Bouncer at the Birdcage. He's in a three-way relationship with Angel and Delia. Bouncer: His official role at the Birdcage. Elemental Powers: Downplayed, while Gunter isn't shown to have access to full on pyromancy, he is confirmed to have very powerful heat generation capabilities. Gentle Giant: Despite his immense physical size and strength, Gunter is routinely shown to be an absolute gentleman with a heart of gold, even blushing nervously when Angel finally works up the courage to ask him on a date. Tall, Dark, and Handsome: A very accurate descriptor for Gunter, repeated almost verbatim by Delia in response to Angel's very visible reaction to seeing him for the first time.

Delia: A wingless siren that dances at the Birdcage. She's in a three-way relationship with Gunter and Angel. Daddy's Girl: Delia is very close with her adoptive father Wyllm. Extreme Libido: Downplayed, Delia, like other sirens, gets extremely horny during spring, but the effect doesn't seem to last beyond then and her libido isn't nearly as extreme outside of this period. Fictional Disability: Delia, despite being a siren, doesn't have wings because they were cut off at the hands of an implied demihuman-trafficking operation when she was a teenager. Happily Adopted: Wyllm isn't her biological father, having rescued her from a demihuman trafficking operation when she was young, and the two have a very positive relationship. Lipstick Lesbian: Though Delia is bisexual rather than strictly a lesbian, she definitely fulfills the "lipstick" portion of the trope, more than matching fellow lipstick lesbian Faith in femininity. Paper-Thin Disguise: Delia's disguise when she, Whiskey, and Faith are spying on Gunter and Angel's date isn't fooling anyone, considering it consists primarily of a coat, gloves, baseball hat, and a mustache which doesn't even match her hair color. The fact she was covering her face with a newspaper is probably the only reason Angel and Gunter didn't immediately recognize her. Superhuman Trafficking: Was a victim of this when she was younger. It's the reason she doesn't have wings despite being a siren, as they were cut off for harvesting.

Faith: A Gorgon Dancer at the Birdcage. Blindfolded Vision: Faith constantly wears a blindold so she doesn't accidentally petrify those around her, using her snake heads to help navigate. Hippie Name: Faith's given name definitely feels rather new age. Lipstick Lesbian: Faith is in a relationship with Birdcage bartender Whiskey and is shown to have a traditionally feminine aesthetic and interests, even working with Delia to pick out outfits for Angel during a visit to a clothing store. Medusa: Not only does Faith look the part, being an actual gorgon, it is all but shown that she has the ability to petrify people. Mind Hive: The snakes on Faith's head are shown to be sentient beings, as well as being interconnected with her bodily systems in ways which are left deliberately vague.

JD/Lady Obscuria: A shapeshifter with two forms, one of which is a dancer at the Birdcage. Shapeshifting: Downplayed, JD is part-doppelgänger on his dad's side, but didn't inherit the full range of his father's abilities. As it stands he's only capable of transforming into his onstage persona/alternate identity Lady Obscuria and slightly editing that basic form.

Mina: The hot tempered chimera cook at the Birdcage, who learned to cook in prison. Amazonian Beauty: She's heavily muscled and towers over most people. Berserk Button: Wasting or insulting the food she makes. When an unruly patron throws food at Angel, Gunter leaves it to Mina to dish out worst punishment than he ever could. Bruiser with a Soft Center: Mina is an extremely strong and quick to anger woman, but whenever she's around her boyfriend Guy she shows herself to have an extremely loving and smitten side to her personality. Percussive Therapy: Mina's idea of therapy is, at least in some part, tenderizing meat... with her fists. Through His Stomach: Inverted: One of the main reasons she loves Guy is that he's a big fan of her cooking. Violently Protective Girlfriend: Mina's response to a random birdcage customer calling her boyfriend a "fatass" and a "pig" is to uppercut him so hard he flies into the ceiling. When a bunch of kids insult Guy's weight during a boat date, she angrily threatens to shove an oar up their asses.

Whiskey: A gargoyle bartender at the Birdcage. Bartender Confidant: Whiskey makes it very clear that a good portion of her job is providing an "unbiased ear for a customer who needs it." Butch Lesbian: Whiskey has a short hairstyle, wears exclusively masculine clothing, and is in a relationship with Birdcage dancer Faith. Mistaken Death Confirmation: Angel upon seeing Whiskey, a gargoyle, for the first time confuses her for having been petrified by the latter's gorgon girlfriend Faith. Meaningful Name: Whiskey is a bartender named after a kind of alcoholic drink.

Maya: Owner of the Birdcage nightclub and extremely powerful magical being. Adopted to the House: Maya welcomes Angel to live at the Birdcage no strings attached almost immediately after meeting them, and it seems likely this isn't the first time she's done something like this. The Ageless: In an even more extreme example than Wyllm, Maya has been alive for thousands of years and still looks like she's middle aged at most. Mama Bear: May the gods have mercy on any poor fool who even tangentially messes with one of Maya's loved ones, for Maya certainly won't Really 700 Years Old: While it hasn't been outright stated in the comics, it was initially hinted that Maya's hundreds of years old at a bare minimum, given she confirmed knowing Wyllm back in 1812. Supporting material has stated she's 2600 years old. Team Mom: Maya is shown to be very protective and caring towards those who live in the Birdcage despite the fact that none of them are even remotely related to her. Telepathy: Is implied to have some kind of eye-based version of this when she presumably gleans Angel's entire life story just by looking into their eyes.

Wyllm: DPD Officer and adoptive Father to Delia. Beware the Silly Ones: When he's not on duty, Wyllm can be quite the goofball, and he will do nearly anything for Delia, no matter how embarrassing. However, he absolutely will not tolerate anyone trying to take advantage of demihumans. He’s also drops several hints that he's nearly as strong as Manaia, if not stronger. Handicapped Badass: Is missing an eye and leg. This makes him no less badass. If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: His Establishing Character Moment has he giving a play-by-play of his job as 'nightmare to scumbags who hurt demihumans' to a boy taking a young Delia out on a date. According to Delia, every boy who's ever dated her has been nothing but a gentleman. Oral Fixation: He’s often got a popsicle in his mouth. Papa Wolf: Wyllm genuinely cares for his adoptive daughter Delia, and will make sure that nobody hurts her. Really Seven Hundred Years Old: While his age has never been explicitly stated in the comics, supporting material has confirmed Wyllm to be 449 years old. Given the comic takes place in the present day when its drawn, this would put Wyllm being born somewhere around 1576-1577. The Ageless: Wyllm has been alive for almost 450 years, yet still only looks to be in his mid-40s at most.

Manaia: DPD Officer and quadruple amputee who's equipped with highly advanced prosthetics. Artificial Limbs: It's kind of Manaia's whole shtick. She lost all 4 limbs to an IED in her service in the army and had them replaced with Magitek prosthetics. Tempting Fate: Shortly before the explosion which left Manaia a quadruple amputee, she made an offhand comment to one of her fellow soldiers about how she hadn't gotten hurt once the entire tour. Slasher Smile: Brandishes one when Wyllm tells her they'll be hitting the Demihuman trafficking operation they'd been staking out the next morning.

Kinsley: A fairy DPD officer, partners with Wyllm and Manaia. Currently dating Cynthia. Big Eater: Is often seen eating food physically larger than herself. Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Despite being a fairy who can fit in most characters' hands, Kinsley is shown to be an extremely effective combatant thanks to her extreme speed, flight, and Ant-Man-esque strength. she’s takenout almost an entire room of crime syndicate goons.

Tama: A DPD Officer and a Arcanist. Partners with: Manaia, Kinsley and Wyllm. Nervous Wreck: Tama is a pretty nervous person, especially around Maya who she seems to think of as an idol.

Aric: A Jotun farmhand who's brothers with Gunter, currently dating Eliza. Be All My Sins Remembered: It's implied that Aric did something or held some position in the plane he and Gunter hail from which he's incredibly ashamed of, to the point the reason he doesn't initially call Eliza when she writes her number all over the coffee box he brought to the farm is that he thinks she deserves better than him. Big Beautiful Man: Aric has a bit of a dad bod, and it does absolutely nothing to diminish his attractiveness. Elemental Powers: Downplayed, though he doesn't have full on cryomancy, Aric does have cold/ice based powers, once having frozen a apple dunk tank he fell asleep in solid. Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: His girlfriend Eliza is a goblin that is much smaller than him. No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Averted, makes it seem like Aric is about to beat up a cop who was harassing Eliza and called her what is all but stated to be a slur for demihumans, only for him to fake out at the last moment and pick up a cup the cop dropped instead. It still has quite an effect on the officer though. Rough Overalls: Is typically seen wearing a pair of these.

Jax Jensen: A human in a relationship with May. Amazon Chaser: Jax is a rather short human who's in a relationship with May, a very large and fit Amazonian Beauty. He's also shown to have first fallen in love with May upon seeing her throw a rather large cyclops to the ground. Cool Big Bro: He's this to his three younger siblings. Cloud Cuckoo Lander: If he isn't obsessing over May then he's generally being a carefree weirdo. Doting Parent: Towards Marsh. Fearless Fool: Jax routinely receives injuries from his and May's Destructo-Nookie and never seems to care before or after. Has a Type: Jax seems to be attracted to women who are taller than him and have full figures, based on his relationship with May and, way earlier, going to senior prom with the mother of one of his bullies. Likes Older Women: Back when he was a high school senior, he took the mother of one of his bullies as a date to the prom and later slept with her... back at said bully's house, where he heard every minute of it in his bedroom. Opaque Nerd Glasses: Is literally never seen not wearing a pair of these. Pro Bono Barter: Jax and his sisters have a barter system set up where one will do a favor for the other in exchange for a one or more favors at a later time. Jax often uses this as a way to get to tagalong on his sisters' social outings. Promotion to Parent: Downplayed in that their mother is still alive but he had to step up and help take care of his three younger sisters during his teen years due to their father passing and their mother always being busy at work. The Smart Guy: He's seemingly an IT guy and his sister came to him to clone information from her broken phone over to a new one. Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: His girlfriend/wife May is clearly a few feet ahead of him.

May: An athletic Oni in a relationship with Jax. Amazonian Beauty: May is a very large and physically strong woman who is also rather attractive, especially to her boyfriend/husband Jax. All Amazons Want Hercules: Completely Inverted, not only is May in a relationship with one of the scrawniest characters in mythed up it's outright stated that she likes skinny and scrawny men.

Break His Heart to Save Him: Averted, May attempts to do this to Jax, under the belief that the intense physical disparity between the two was too dangerous for him. Jax completely rebukes her concerns though, and makes it clear he doesn't care how much it hurts him, he's staying with her no matter what. Gentle Giant: Despite May's immense size and strength, she's a very kindhearted and nice person. Though she does routinely injure her boyfriend/husband Jax during sex, it's made very clear this is far from intentional. Not that Jax cares anyway. Mama Bear: Towards Marsh. Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Her boyfriend/husband Jax barely reaches her chest.

Marsh: An albino mimic toddler adopted by Jax and May. Happily Adopted: With Jax and May. Patchwork Kids: After being adopted, he subconsciously took on a form that's cross between his two adoptive parents, looking like an albino human with a large horn jutting from his forehead. Voluntary Shapeshifting: As a mimic, he has this ability and uses it to his advantage whenever he and Jax play hide and seek.

Dr. Cynthia Allbrite: A cyclops doctor growing increasingly sick of Jax's constant hospital visits caused by his and May's Destructo-Nookie. Currently dating Kinsley. Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: She was touched when the Jensen family sent her a handmade Christmas card. Blind Date: How she met Kinsley, leading to a bit of a surprise upon seeing them for the first time. Enraged by Idiocy: A primary motivation for her becoming a Jaded Professional and her rivalry with Jax is the fact that he repeatedly sustains serious injuries when having sex with May and refuses to learn his lesson. Jaded Professional: Despite starting off with a lot of hope for her career as a doctor, dealing with Jax and May (and likely other patients) has left Cynthia quite worn down. Nemesis as Customer: Downplayed, Cynthia and Jax/May have a rather... strained relationship because the pair's Destructo-Nookie is constantly leaving Jax with injuries Cynthia has to treat. That being said, Cynthia's anger at the pair seems to be more of a case of Enraged by Idiocy rather than full blown personal hatred, and this short suggest that it's not exclusively bad blood between the three of them

June: An Oni and sister to May. Aggressive Submissive: Inverted, June is far from an aggressive person, but despite this she's very much the domme in her relationship with her boyfriend.

Stefan: junes boyfriend

Eliza: A goblin (figuratively and literally) barista currently dating Aric. Big Anime Eyes: Gets a pair of these in reaction to seeing Aric for the first time. Cluster Bleep-Bomb: Launched into one of these when scammers call her while she's already on edge waiting for Aric to call her back. Depraved Bisexual: Very much Downplayed, though Eliza is nowhere near as deranged as many examples of this trope, she is confirmed bisexualand has been shown to be, shall we say... "enthusiastic" when it comes to her sexual interests. Owns a French Maid Outfit Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Eliza's boyfriend Aric is a rather large Jotun who absolutely dwarfs her, to much comedic effect. Playful Hacker: Is shown to be one of these, and a rather skilled one at that.

Guy: Mina's foodie boyfriend. Big Beautiful Man: He's has a notably husky figure. Big Eater: He seemingly goes to eat at the Birdcage almost everyday. Big Prick, Big Problems: Guy's "little guy" is apparently so big it causes Mina, who is far from a small person, to panic. Obsessed with Food: Guy is very much a foodie, something Mina definitely appreciates. The Snack Is More Interesting: Mina once offered to make out with him only for him to say he's more interested in finishing the pizza he was eating. Mina, who made the pizza, found this far more enamoring.

Steve: A human ranch hand who works with Aric.

Dan: A dwarven ranch hand at the ranch.

Brig: A therian ranch hand at the ranch.

Sally: adoptive sister to Gunter and Aric. Scenery Censor: During Sally's nude sunbathing scene, her breasts and crotch are very strategically blocked from view by the sun visor she's holding and her legs respectively. Shameless: Downplayed, though Sally isn't routinely seen naked in her appearance most of the time she’s been seen naked. One time where Gunter walks out to see her sunbathing naked on the lawn does show both that she's very unbothered by being naked in such a relatively public setting and, given how nonchalant Gunter's reaction is, that it's either not uncommon and/or not out of character for her to do such a thing.

Jax’s sisters: Juniper, Jaylee and Jaya Jenson. Jax's sisters and college aged athletes known as the Triplet Threat. Big Little Sister: All three are taller and more muscular than Jax. Metalhead: Jaya is one, having headbanged at a rock concert so enthusiastically that she didn't notice her phone came out of her pocket until she accidentally stepped on it. Shared Family Quirks: Much like Jax, Jaya has a thing for heavy chested monster girls who tower over her. Starstruck Speechless: Jaya is left slack-jawed when she gets to go backstage to meet her favorite rock band. She is also accidentally hit with a literal cartoon star prop when the band's special effects magician misfires a spell. Strong Family Resemblance: To Jax. The resemblance was even stronger when they were younger, with all of them sharing similar hairstyles and glasses.

Roxie: A therian Jaylee falls for and meets at the Birdcage

Sebastian: An aspiring drug Kingpin Wyllm and his team face off against. Asshole Victim: Given that Sebastian is one of the loathsome people I’ve ever met a man personally responsible for horrific crimes in the name of his own greed, literally nobody feels bad for him when he gets the ever-loving snot beat out of him by Wyllm and his team. Deadly Euphemism: Utilizes a sickening amount of these when discussing his dryad-drugging based hallucinogenic mushroom operation. Special honors goes to his referring to finding a new victim in the event his current one dies from an overdose as "replanting."

Kain: Maya's brother and ruler of Baja, California's criminal underworld. He and the DPD coordinate with one another to take down a demihuman trafficking ring operating in his territory. Cold-Blooded Torture: Beats a number of gang members, likely to death, in an attempt to get information on the trafficking ring set up in his turf but to no avail. Disowned Sibling: Implied to have this relationship with Maya, who is shown to disapprove of his criminal lifestyle. The two aren't allowed in one another's territory and Maya is incensed when Wyllm asks her for information on him. The Dreaded: Everyone who knows of him fears him and is in his pocket. If it wasn't for Maya's help, the DPD never would have figured out where he operates because every contact they had slammed their doors in their faces whenever his name was brought up. Even Evil Has Standards: While he is a ruthless crime lord who admits to being involved in many "enterprises," he doesn't permit demihuman trafficking in his territory. Hair-Trigger Temper: Is well known to have one, shooting Wyllm in the chest for suggesting he's gotten into demihuman trafficking. Hive Mind: His powers are shown to allow him to create a psychic one with his followers. Mouth of Sauron: He is followed around by a young woman who speaks for him while he remains silent next to her. Super-Empowering: His signature ability is the power to endow his followers with his energy. This increases their strength and speed to superhuman levels and links them telepathically, allowing them to coordinate with unparalleled efficiency in combat.

List of locations:

The birdcage: a Demi human strip club

The DPD: Demi human protection department

Stables farm: a ranch for mythical animals