"Clover & Cutlass is a f/f romance comic set in a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy setting. It’s a coming of age story about learning to disappoint your parents, about choosing to do good even when it’s difficult, and about getting so distracted by a pretty girl that you get hit in the head with a chair."
— From the About page
Clover & Cutlass is a Webcomic by lonelytuatara, hosted on SpiderForest.
Maggie is the beloved daughter of Shulza One-Eye, the terror of the realm, and next in line to lead her clan of ruthless warriors. Maggie, however, mostly wants to knit socks. When her mother orders her to kill a pesky group of adventurers and bring back their heads, Maggie royally screws up by developing a crush on Jolene, one of her targets.
Tropes associated with Clover & Cutlass include:
- Alliterative Title: The titles of each chapter, as well as the webcomic's title itself, each are two words that start with the same letter:
- Chapter 2: Cider & Cinquefoil
- Chapter 3: Formicid & Foxglove
- Chapter 4: Rosemary & Reminiscence
- Atrocious Alias: Maggie uses the pseudonym "Aggie Lassname".
- Blood Knight: The ranger's go-to solution for every problem is murder. Maggie's mother is one as well, and wants her daughter to follow in her footsteps.
- Butch Lesbian: Maggie.
- Chairman of the Brawl: The ranger knocks Maggie out with a chair.
- Circling Birdies: Seen on Maggie after she takes a chair to the head.
- Draw Aggro: Maggie's initial plan to get the gigantic ant away from Zessie's fathers is to pelt the beast with balls of yarn, getting it to pursue her.
- The Dreaded: The mere mention of any connection to Shulza One-Eye is enough to send some people into a panic. Upon finding out that Maggie was her daughter, Albrecht panics and aims to get the hell out of Dodge despite her having saved his family:Monty: Are you... Is that MAGGIE ONE-EYE?
Albrecht: Yes, and that's why we need to leave RIGHT now!! Do YOU want to still be here if her mother shows up?? Because I don't! - Even Evil Has Standards: Margaret's mom is a Barbarian who leads a gang of bandits, and her dad is a Warlock trying to end the world, but they accept their trans daughter.
- Expy: The ranger's nigh-monomaniacal desire for bloodshed may remind many a reader of Belkar.
- Flower Motifs: Clovers feature prominently on the website and chapter title pages. The second chapter is titled "Cider & Cinquefoil." Cinquefoil flowers symbolize "a beloved daughter" according to the author's note.
- Incredible Shrinking Man: After slicing off an organ on top of Marc Antony's head, he reverts to the size of a normal ant.
- No Name Given: Jolene's party members have not been named in the narrative, and are tagged as "shitty paladin" and "shitty ranger" on comic pages.
- Non Sequitur, *Thud*: Maggie, waking up from taking a chair to the head, immediately starts flirting with the enemy.
- Our Orcs Are Different: Maggie, Jolene, and Shulza are all orcs.
- Our Goblins Are Different: They have animal-like ears and tails, and speak in a pigpen cypher.
- Queer Establishing Moment: Jolene casts Zone of Truth on Maggie. Maggie immediately yells that she's trans and gay.
- Queer Romance: Maggie is a trans lesbian and the plot focuses on her crush on Jolene.
- Terrible Pick-Up Lines: Maggie's attempt to flirt with Jolene might have worked better if she wasn't concussed. And tied up. And had just broken into Jolene's inn room.
- Textile Work Is Feminine: Maggie is shown knitting and does embroidery in her spare time according to the Chapter 1 Q&A.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Maggie and Jolene fit this.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Maggie has short hair, dresses in traditionally masculine clothing, and loves knitting and embroidery.
- Truth Serums : Jolene uses the spell Zone of Truth as a variant of this.
- White Mage: Jolene is a cleric and uses healing magic.
- White Sheep: Maggie seems to be this, given that her parents want her to kill Jolene and her adventuring party.
