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The Adventures Of Wiglaf And Mordred
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One of these three is a woman. The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred is a humorous comic about Wiglaf (our hero) befriending Mordred (our villain), by force if necessary. It's also about Mordred's super villain family, their cronies, their friends, and pretty much everyone else that happens to drop in or appear in the background of a strip (see Loads And Loads Of Characters ). Read it here!
This comic provides examples of:
- A Match Made In Stockholm - Geoffry and Janus.
- Amazon Brigade - The Valkyrie Sisters.
- Amulet Of Dependency - Grace
- Arch Enemy - Azrael
- Artifact Of Doom- the Sword of Grace and the Orb of Bliss.
- At The Opera Tonight - The Piano Concert arch.
- Ax Crazy - Galen, and how!
- Bishonen - Most of the male cast qualify.
- Big Brother Instinct - Arthur
- Big Screwed Up Family - The Garrott's. Seriously.
- Black Sheep - Boudica is the only member of her family that is in no way a villain. She is, in fact, a concert pianist.
- She does show shades of murderous intent when Wiglaf upstaged her at the concert.
- Blatant Burglar - Generic Burgler. And yes, that's his real name.
- Blinding Bangs - Driver
- Bodyguard Crush - Sedrick has one on Arthur
- Driver's crush on Mordred could count too.
- But For Me It Was Tuesday - Arthur and Sedrick have no recollection of Gawain.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome - Wiglaf. Even living with a family of super villains can't cure it.
- Clingy Jealous Girl - Driver with Mordred.
- Clingy Mac Guffin - Grace, probably.
- Criminal Amnesiac - Gawain, somewhat. See, he can rengenerate from injuries, and he considers Arthur and Sedrick his arch-enemies...but he's been shot in the head so many times he can't for the life of him remember why. So in the meantime, he figures a steady paycheck and a job as a Garrott henchman won't be such a bad thing, at least until he remembers.
- Cute Clumsy Girl - Boudica. Oh so much.
- Dark Skinned Blond - Wiglaf, Brat, and to a lesser degree, Gawain. Security would probably count for this as well.
- Dude Looks Like A Lady: Azrael really needs a haircut. Those long, red tresses make him look like a her. Inverted with Driver, who suprises everyone when they discover that "he" is a "she". In fact, the only way to detect that she is really a lady is the fact that there's no Man-Toe when she wears lingere'.
- A good portion of the male cast qualifies, actually. Earlier in the strips run Wiglaf was routinely mistaken for a girl. Word Of God says this was at least part of the reason his hair got cut in later strips.
- Empathic Weapon - Camlann and Grace, who is actually a spirit bound to the sword.
- Everyone Calls Him Barkeep - Security. Played with in Driver's case, her name's actually "Ainsley Driver."
- Everyone Is Related - Well, not necessarily to each other, but it's hard to find someone in the comic who isn't related by blood to someone else.
- Evil Matriarch - Madame Garrott, despite being retired, most certainly qualifies.
- Eyes Always Shut - Security.
- Failed A Spot Check - Everyone in the cast with Security, who turns up in random locations (sometimes hundreds of miles apart) at random times without anyone questioning how or why he's there.
- Subverted by Hnæf, who immediately tries to investigate Security the first time they meet and freaks out when his super-AI information network computer, Mímir, can't find any information on him.
- Also subverted by Geoffry, whose parental instincts over-rode whatever it is Security does when Security was talking to Safir, Geoffry's son. Security ended up with a specatular black eye.
- Fangirl - The Valkyrie Sisters with Azrael.
- Brat with Mordred
- Wiglaf has his fair share of them as well, as seen in the "Orb of Bliss" Arc.
- Filler Strips - Used purposely at the end of each arch in the form of character pinups.
- Fluffy The Terrible - The Sword of Grace is a manipulative, psychopathic Complete Monster, and the Orb of Bliss might even be worse. Ironically, Wiglaf makes Mordred go on a quest for the Orb of Bliss specifically because it sounds benevolent.
- Fourth Wall Mail Slot - Not done in the comic itself, but an entire thread on the official comic forums is dedicated to this.
- Funetik Aksent - Driver and Galen both speak with very heavy accents (southern and Russian, respectively). In Driver's case it's shown in The Rescue arc (and Word Of God) that she gets it from her father, who also has a noticeable southern accent.
- Girl With Psycho Weapon - The Valkyrie Sisters each wield deadly weapons of one form or another (except for Svafa, who * is* a deadly weapon).
- Hadaka Apron - Janus decides to spice things up for her husband while baking cookies.
- Half Identical Twins - Janus and Arthur.
- Healing Factor - Gawain. Due to the whole zombie thing. Recent events might test how far he can heal.
- Heterosexual Life Partners - Word Of God on Wiglaf and Mordred, despite the obvious.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick - Sedrick to Arthur.
- I Call It Vera - Azrael's sword Grace. However, according to Azrael, Grace is male. Also, Grace is in fact a spirit bound to the sword that Azrael can see, not just a figment of his imagination.
- I Lied - Janus.
- Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons - Arthur breeds dragons.
- Invisible To Normals - Grace. The only ones who can see him is Azrael and, for some reason, Gawain.
- Probably because of the whole Zombie thing.
- Loads And Loads Of Characters - WAM has a constantly expanding cast of characters.
- Mad Scientist - Lancelot is a Mad Botanist, and is in denial about it.
- Meaningful Name - Azrael, known as the "Angel of Death". It fits his murderous tendencies, to say the least.
- Motive Decay - Gawain.
- No Name Given: Wiglaf's sister is known only as "brat".
- Noodle Implements - Gawain's zombiefication "involves a golden egg, a spork and a swamp witch... Oh, and there was a puffer fish"
- Odd Couple - Wiglaf and Mordred, and the basic premise of the entire comic.
- Offhand Backhand - Svafa in this strip
- Our Zombies Are Different - Gawain is a zombie. He is also pretty much indistinguishable from a living person apart from the fact that he regenerates from every injury. Although, injuries can have lasting effects, as being shot point blank in the head causes him to lose some important memories. It is unknown what you would have to do to rekill him for good, or even if it's possible. Headshots certainly don't work.
- His amulet seems to have something to do with keeping him "alive".
- Papa Wolf: Do not talk to Safir without talking to Geoffry and Janus first. Geoffry will fuck you up.
- Puppy Dog Eyes: Safir on these two pages.
- Purity Sue - Semi-subverted with Wiglaf. Despite being a world-renowned hero that's basically perfect at everything he can't keep a friend (eventually forcing Mordred to be his friend, the basic premise behind the comic) and is prone to violence when the opportunity arises. Also, it is somewhat implied that being so perfect at everything is the reason he can't keep friends, as who wants to be friends with someone who outclasses you at everything?
- Pure Is Not Good
- The Rant - Both a regular blog and accompanying text with each comic, which almost always has very little to do with the comic itself (including random song lyrics).
- Running Gag - How Security got his start.
- "Was that the Stable Boy?"
- Schedule Slip - It's alright, though; it's not her fault.
- Ship Tease - While it's Wiglaf taunting Driver, the last word bubble on this page is bound to get the fans going.
- Signed Up For The Dental - Gawain joins the side of evil for the dental.
- Snarky Non Human Sidekick - Two, both swords. One won't shut up when he's allowed to talk (see The Sword That Speaks) while the others lines have so far been left to the readers imagination.
- Somebody Elses Problem - Mordred.
- Stalker With A Crush - Brat.
- Stockholm Syndrome - One possible explanation for Janus and Geoffry's relationship
- Subordinate Excuse - Sedrick with Arthur, Wiglaf with Mordred
- The Sword That Speaks - Camlann. And really, it's more like the sword that won't shut up.
- Recently revealed that Grace counts, although much less people can hear him.
- Teen Genius - Hnæf, despite being twelve and not actually a teen.
- Traumatic Haircut - Mordred has cut Wiglaf's hair without permission on at least two occasions. Recently, Wiglaf got back by dyeing Mordred's hair neon pink.
- Torture Technician - Galen.
- Vitriolic Best Buds - Wiglaf and Mordred.
- Walls Of Text - Actually used to describe the comic in at least one review: "The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred, who are hot for a wall-o-text". Most often perpetrated by Mordred, though the most obvious example is anytime Camlann is removed from his sheath, especially the first time after Wiglaf and Mordred fly back to the US after retrieving him.
- Would Hit A Girl - As demonstrated here, Wiglaf isn't afraid to hit back when provoked, regardless of gender.
- Yaoi Guys - Most of the male cast qualify. Lampshaded in the filler pinup "Traumatized Yet?"
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