Beginning and Shive

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Beginning noun - The point at which something begins.

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Shive is an antonym for beginning.

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

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Beginning is an antonym for shive in type of plug topic.

In El Goonish Shive the improbability of this trope is one of the first clues that Grace is not actually awake at the beginning of this strip as pointed out in this follow up strip.

Source: Instant Waking Skills
Elliot, Tedd (despite what he looks like and his tendency to transform into a female), and Sarah in the beginning of El Goonish Shive before the plot kicks off.

Source: Two Guys and a Girl
In El Goonish Shive, the transformation from normal pupils to this is used here to signal the beginning of Grace's (almost) Unstoppable Rage.

Source: Hellish Pupils

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