History Webcomic / HarkAVagrant

* FanDumb: [[invoked]] Creator/JaneAusten is frustrated with people obsessing over Darcy's hotness and adding zombies to her books.

-->'''Man''': *disleveled* This is one hell of a takeover...

* {{Mukokuseki}}: [[http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=40 A rare non-anime example in Beaton's portrayal of]] UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi.

The webcomic went on hiatus in mid December 2016 as Beaton switched focus to a graphic novel she was working on, though she continued to post sporadic updates on her Website/{{Tumblr}}. On the 10th of October 2018 Beaton updated the website to inform readers that due to personal issues and continuing work on other projects she had decided that ''Hark!'' had run it's course and the website would now be an archive of the comic with no new comics planned. The comic can be read [[http://harkavagrant.com on its site.]] Additionally, Kate Beaton has a personal tumblr which can be seen [[http://beatonna.tumblr.com/ here,]] and a Live Journal [[http://beatonna.livejournal.com here.]]

The webcomic went on hiatus in mid December 2016 as Beaton switched focus to a graphic novel she was working on, though she continued to post sporadic updates on her Website/{{Tumblr}}. On the 10th of October Beaton updated the website to inform readers that due to personal issues and continuing work on other projects she had decided that ''Hark!'' had run it's course and the website would now be an archive of the comic with no new comics planned. The comic can be read [[http://harkavagrant.com on its site.]] Additionally, Kate Beaton has a personal tumblr which can be seen [[http://beatonna.tumblr.com/ here,]] and a Live Journal [[http://beatonna.livejournal.com here.]]

The series is ongoing, and can be read [[http://harkavagrant.com on its site.]] Additionally, Kate Beaton has a personal tumblr which can be seen [[http://beatonna.tumblr.com/ here,]] and a Live Journal [[http://beatonna.livejournal.com here.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: Watson appears as a FatIdiot who goes about saying things like “By jove, a clue!” The original, un-Flanderized Watson is very annoyed by this.
** He's not happy about Gay Watson either.
* FoeYay: [[invoked]]

* {{Hipster}}s: They [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 ruin]] [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=229 everything]]. It also demonstrates that hipsters are OlderThanYouThink: ''historical'' hipsters, like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incroyables_and_Merveilleuses Incroyables and Merveilleuses]] of post-revolutionary France who enrage an aristocratic survivor of the Terror by wearing fancy clothes "ironically" while he does as an act of defiance. The point being that directionless youths have always appropriated things and made them annoying.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=327 Because of]] the FoeYay.

** [[FoeYay A British Naval Officer and his Pirate Nemesis]] [[invoked]]

** Creator/TomCruise in TopGun

* TakeThat: To ''TheTudors'': [[http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=230 "Elizabeth's kingdom will be mine!"]]

-->'''Susan:''' "I don't need a man! There's just something '''about''' this [[ThisLoserIsYou incredibly weak male lead]]..."

* ViewersAreGeniuses: To an extent. Knowledge of European and North American history certainly helps, as the comic isn't going to explain the characters and events to you, but most of the time the comics are funny even if you don't know the history. (And at any rate, there's always TheOtherWiki if you need a refresher... Hell, it's a ''web''comic, so you must be close to a search engine, right?)

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Lampshaded. [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=50 "We have no REAL proof that Richard killed his nephews!"]]

* {{Mukokuseki}}: [[http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=40 A rare non-anime example in Beaton's portrayal of]] MiyamotoMusashi.

* BrotherChuck: The comic synopsis of ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' points out that Tom and Daisy's daughter disappears (and isn't mentioned again) after she's introduced, giving the impression that Tom and Daisy are both terrible parents who often neglect her.

* {{Badass}}: [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth I]]. "[[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=300 This may not be a great thing for Spain]]."

Recurring themes include Beaton visits her younger self, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, a few comics about a pony called "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fat Pony]]", and a story about a sailor who meets a mermaid. Like most webcomics, there is little continuity between entries, and it rose to fame through MemeticMutation taking hold on a few comics, which has lead to the series popularity. Also, rather than use AltText, Beaton usually accompanies each comic with a short paragraph.

* AdaptationDecay: Not of the comic itself, but Beaton has a pretty good theory for [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=210 how this happened to]] [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson]].

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Consistently [[AvertedTrope averted]]. No matter what time period the comic is set in, all characters use modern English, which is obviously due to RuleOfFunny. The only comics that play this straight the TitleDrop comic with Kate and the [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=132 vagrant]], and [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=372 the Founding Fathers]] [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=375 strips]].

* BadassBeard: Sanford Fleming's troubles in establishing time zones is because [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=22 everyone is jealous of his mighty beard]].

* DirtyOldMan: Creator/BenjaminFranklin inside the [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=372 Founding Fathers]] [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=375 strips]]...[[TruthInTelevision just like in real life, really]].

* HoYay: [[invoked]]

** [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=305 Lois Lane, Reporter]].

-->'''Bosie'': I hate my father. Oscar, you must sue him in a mindless case that will lead to your downfall so I can piss him off.

** [[BlatantLies The Strong Female Characters]]

* ShmuckBait: See Brain Bleach.

* SeashellBra

* [[ShowSomeLeg Show Some Cleavage]]: The best way to attract Dracula, apparently.

* SophisticatedAsHell