Line #27 Webcomic/Meadowhawk


1	''Meadowhawk'' is a WebComic by Nicole Johnson, and made its debut on [[http://www.meadowhawk.net/ meadowhawk.net]] in April (many early strips were backdated as far as January) of 2013. The comic stopped updating in June 2017 after the author went through a CreatorBreakdown. Aside from a couple of sketches, no further content has been published.
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3	From the author's [[http://www.meadowhawk.net/about About Meadowhawk]] page:
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5	-> This is a comic about dragons. Modern dragons who, if asked to account for dragon lore, would cluelessly click to the same wikis you or I would for a quick refresher. Dragons for whom words like ‘pillage’, ‘slay’ and ‘burninate’ are the names of faraway concepts, found only in musty histories of dubious accuracy.
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7	-> These are dragons who have only been around as long as you or I (so far). They know as much about their Middle Ages forbears as we know about our tribal ancestors. Heck, they -barely- remember a time before the Internet. Their world is ours – one of transit, information, billowing population centers, and complex caffeinated drinks. Their worries are ours – Am I selfish, am I spoiled? Am I a good person? Am I making the Earth better or worse by being here? Who or what am I supposed to be?
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9	-> The post-industrial era of (relative) peace and prosperity has provided a great deal of leisure time for once-thundering lizards to ponder their place in the cosmic scheme of things. With the dawning of a new millennium comes a blossoming new awareness of our intertwined histories, with terms such as ‘Dragon Privilege’ entering the global lexicon.
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11	-> The dragons in this comic have no better tools than we for determining their place in all of this. With friendship, thoughtfulness, and a little help from the Internet, they will seek a 21st century understanding of who and what they are.''
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13	!!Tropes:
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15	* AuthorAvatar: Drizzle seems to be Nicole as a dragon. While Rain is based on Creator/DanaSimpson, with whom she shares a sisterly relationship.
16	* BenevolentMonsters: The dragons still have all the fangs, claws and spikes from the bad old days, but in modern times they're almost invariably pacifists and some don't even eat meat.
17	-->'''Tater:''' ''If history is to be believed, we were once a species of marauding monsters. Bloodthirsty, airborne, fire-spewing terrors. Look at any Dark Ages story, and there we are: "RAAAAWR!" Now we have food shelves, hospitals, we live in houses...most of out kind would be loath to harm even a fly.''
18	* BlandNameProduct: [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Cubecraft]]. "Thrones of Ermagard" also seems to serve as a dragon version of shows like "Series/GameOfThrones". And "Blaartcraft" seems to be ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' with just goblins.
19	* CoolBigSis: Rain to Drizzle.
20	* DracoInLeatherPants: In-universe example, Drizzle has a crush on [[http://meadowhawk.net/2013/10/19/hearts-aflame/ Mordomyr]], the BigBad of "Thrones of Ermagard".
21	* FamilyThemeNaming: Well, technically their first names are Drizella and Rainier.
22	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: The dragons never wear pants, save for this one time Tater demonstrated [[https://meadowhawk.net/2013/09/28/like-you-couldnt-have-just-guessed/ why]], and they rarely wear shirts either.
23	* ImAHumanitarian: Averted, and Drizzle wants people to [[http://meadowhawk.net/2015/08/18/enough-already/ stop asking]] about it.
24	* JustFriends: In one arc Tater started to realize he had a serious crush on Drizzle, but they both decided they wouldn't make a good match. And they're both just fine with that.
25	* MayflyDecemberFriendship: One was discussed in a [[http://meadowhawk.net/2014/12/06/lifespans/ strip]] on dragon lifespans. The dragon wasn't even done growing by the time of his human friend's death.
26	* MundaneFantastic: Exemplified by the very second comic. Tater finds an enchanted forest glen, and Drizzle finds its Website/{{Facebook}} page.
27	* NightmareSequence: Tater has a dream where a massive version of himself taunts him for not acting like a "true" dragon.
28	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The main characters are modern-day dragons, ones who'd rather play [=CubeCraft=] than burn villages, and eat tofu stir-fry more often than knights.
29	** Dragons in ''Meadowhawk'' are also of comparable size to humans -- rather large and bulky, but still small enough to use computers and smartphones comfortably, and live in human-style apartments. No AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever here.
30	*** Or rather, they don't grow large enough to not fit in human buildings until their 60s, and opt out of human society completely by the time they reach their full size at about age 100.
31	* PokeThePoodle: Drizzle asks Rain if she's ever thought of doing anything dastardly and epic and terrible like their medieval ancestors, she says that she used to sneak into livestock pens and shear all the sheep for fun. Driz isn't particularly impressed.
32	* ShakingTheRump: Drizzle does this to attract more views to her and Tater's Website/YouTube channel, where they're hosting a Q&A vlog about dragons. She comes to regret it later, when commentators focus more on her showing off her scaly butt (either [[PerverseSexualLust in approval]], or [[MoralGuardians with insults and scolding]]) than on the actual vlog. [[SelfParody This is spoofed]] in a later gag comic, which points out that Drizzle's ''tail'' is bigger than her actual backside, and mostly covers it up. The caption even reads, "Tailbutt: 95% Tail, 5% Butt."
33	* ShoutOut: The goblins in "Blaartcraft" seem based on those from ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn''.
34	* VegetarianCarnivore: Potato (Tater) Salad muses on what his medieval ancestors would think of modern dragons eating tofu-and-broccoli stir fry.
35	* UrbanFantasy: Dragons share the modern world with humans. And enchanted glens have ''Facebook pages''.

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