Line #3 Webcomic/QueenOfWands


1	''[[http://www.queenofwands.net Queen of Wands]]'' was a webcomic by Aeire that ran from 2002 to 2005. It centered around the life of Kestrel, an excitable twenty-something living in Denver, and her married roommates, Felix and Shannon. The comic itself is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on the life of the artist]]. After the comic completed its initial run, Aeire "reran" all of the strips with commentary added at the bottom.
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3	Kestrel has since gone on to become a recurring character in ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', while the character Angela has her own spinoff, ''Webcomic/PunchAnPie''.
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5	!! ''Queen of Wands'' provides examples of:
6	* AllYourPowersCombined: [[http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20031208.html Here]], where a group of five fuse together Evolution, Survival, Selection, Science, and [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway H-AIIGH!]] to form [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin]].
7	* AmicableExes: Kestrel and Felix, although a lengthy flashback arc shows that it took them a ''long'' time to reach that point.
8	* TheAnnotatedEdition: It did rapid-fire annotated reruns after the comic was completed.
9	* AscendedExtra: Angela, an intended one-shot character who became the most important character outside of Kestrel's home.
10	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In one stand-alone strip, Kestrel brings home a fiber optic Christmas tree and, when Shannon questions it, points out that "it keeps Felix entertained for hours!" Sure enough, Felix stands in front of the tree saying "Shinyyyyy," prompting his wife to acknowledge that this could be useful.
11	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The comic's final arc is about Shannon's pregnancy.]]
12	* BigBad: The comic didn't remotely have one, but Kestrel invoked this trope by name complaining about the way Bane was portrayed in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
13	* BookEnds: The first and last strips both feature Kestrel making pancakes.
14	* CerebusSyndrome: Of which HowWeGotHere below is the first instance.
15	* ContinuityCameo: Both Felix and Shannon make a brief appearance in ''Punch an' Pie'' with their daughter.
16	* ConversationHog: Kestrel comes home to find the pregnant Shannon ranting about the multiple things which have her stressed out; but before Kestrel is able to say a word, Shannon diverts herself with a completely different train of thought and then thanks Kestrel for cheering her up before leaving the room. Kestrel is left wondering what on earth just happened.
17	* CrossOver: with ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''.
18	* CuteLittleFangs: The default art style. On Angela they are extra cute though.
19	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Flashback scenes.
20	* FieryRedhead:
21	** Kestrel, natch.
22	** And Aeire herself.
23	* GirlishPigtails: Wannabe Wiccan Girl.
24	* GoodParents: Kestrel, in one of the flashbacks to before the strip, insists that Shannon is this when she gives up custody of her son Joshua. She knows that her ex-husband can give the little boy a much better life than she can afford to do as a single mother, so even though it completely ''destroys'' her, she signs away her parental rights.
25	* HappilyMarried: Shannon and Felix.
26	* HowWeGotHere: Kestrel's {{Flashback}} to how she, Shannon, and Felix got where they are -- which included a Flashback-''within''-a-Flashback.
27	* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:Felix (and hair de-dying.)]]
28	* IncompatibleOrientation: Angela (bi) is attracted to Kestrel (straight).
29	* InnocentInnuendo: One of the last [[http://queenofwands.net/d/20061125.html comics]] used shadows to give Aeire's readers' chains just one more little yank.
30	* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Kestrel accidentally runs afoul of one of these while working at the toy store, as he misinterprets her comment about his little brother as criticism. When he finds out that she's actually his brother's favorite coworker and meant no harm by the remark, he takes her to dinner as an apology.
31	* LeetLingo: The use of which is vilified.
32	* LookBothWays: [[spoiler:Kestrel's first appearance in ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' as a Boston cast member.]]
33	* MiseryPoker: Against Davan from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', during [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05102004.shtml a crossover]].
34	* OnlySixFaces: Possibly why the art on ''Punch An' Pie'' is done by another artist- most of the female characters had identical faces with different hair. Their boss Dawna looked like all the other females, until ''Punch An' Pie'' revealed her to be older and much heavier.
35	* OfCorsetsSexy: Kestrel and Shannon go shopping for these in an early arc.
36	* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Felix has some ''weird'' dreams. One was about some weasels jumping in 'barley butter', which for some reason was a menace to some biscuits. In another one, he didn't want his brain to be pickled because he needed it for a ball.
37	* SpinOff: Angela goes on to ''Punch an' Pie''.
38	* {{Spork}}: In universe, there's an infomercial for The Grammar Spork(tm) -- just ten pounds of pressure and you'll no longer be troubled by bad grammar and atrocious spelling!
39	* ToTheBatpole: Kestrel has an... ''interesting'' [[http://www.queenofwands.net/comics/20051016b.jpg theory on this]].
40	* {{Transplant}}: Kestrel, to ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''.
41	* VaginaDentata: Mentioned. Not nearly as gruesome, but just as disturbing, is singing its praises to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Hakuna Matata]], quoted above (Warning: Not Mind Safe), from [[http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20040121.html here]]:
42	->''"Vagina Dentata... What a wonderful phrase!''\
43	''Vagina Dentata... ain't no passin' craze!''\
44	''It means no wiener for the rest of your days!''\
45	''It's a penis-free girl cavity! Vagina Dentata!"''
46	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The implication of the WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers spoof [[http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20031208.html here]], where the Heart is turned into H-AIIGH! and presumably death by monkey.

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