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* AprilFoolsDay: In 2016, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-66/ interrupting a dramatic battle]].
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* AprilFoolsDay: AmazonBrigade: The [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/sword-dancers-223/ Embassy guards]] are all athletic blonde women, with Alruna as [[TheOneGuy The One Enby]].
* AprilFoolsDay:
** In 2016, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-66/ interrupting a dramaticbattle]].battle]].
** In 2018, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/a-shiny-new-direction/ revamping the whole series]] into a a WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse fancomic.
* AprilFoolsDay:
** In 2016, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-66/ interrupting a dramatic
** In 2018, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/a-shiny-new-direction/ revamping the whole series]] into a a WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse fancomic.
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* EmpathyPet: Tiernan, Thorn's soul-bonded cat, who helps him deal with PTSD symptoms.
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* EmpathyPet: Tiernan, Thorn's soul-bonded cat, who helps him deal with PTSD symptoms. Same with Niamh, Kale's soul-bonded dog.
* EternalLove: Vampires Stanczia and Imri. Started as a MayflyDecemberRomance, then Stanczia turned Imri, and they've been together for 200ish years since.
* EternalLove: Vampires Stanczia and Imri. Started as a MayflyDecemberRomance, then Stanczia turned Imri, and they've been together for 200ish years since.
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* StrongerWithAge: Vampires. Making an enemy of [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/only-900s-kids-will-get-this-14-17/ Stanczia in her late 700's]] is considered a really stupid idea.
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* TeensAreShort: Pointedly averted. Teenage Hyacinth is [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-414/ a full head taller than her uncle]].
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In the nation of Ceannis, a prophecy of doom has been revealed. Only one man and his team of loyal knights stand between disaster and salvation. Now as soon as the Ministry of Prophecy can figure out which knight that is, everything should be fine. Right? Right.
Created by Creator/ErinPtah, [[http://leifandthorn.com/ Leif & Thorn]] is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (unaware of the prophecy) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
Updates six days a week with art pieces on Saturday.
Created by Creator/ErinPtah, [[http://leifandthorn.com/ Leif & Thorn]] is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (unaware of the prophecy) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
Updates six days a week with art pieces on Saturday.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Imagine how many international conflicts could be avoided if everyone communicated this clearly.]]In the nation of Ceannis, a prophecy
Leif is a gardener at the embassy, serving his native Sønheim in order to pay off a mysterious debt. Thorn doesn't speak Leif's language too well when they first meet, but he's about to find [[ShipTease a lot of reasons]] to get better.
And they're only the main characters in an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters increasingly large cast]], all facing their own variations on figuring out how to communicate across cultural boundaries, deal with traumas and
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An LGBTQ fantasy webcomic by Creator/ErinPtah, [[http://leifandthorn.com/ Leif & Thorn]]
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* CastHerd: The cast page has bloomed into a [[http://leifandthorn.com/wiki/doku.php?id=start multi-page wiki]], spreading them across 8+ separate group pages (plus individual pages for the 2 title characters), some of them further divided into subheadings.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]], as well as a pronounced epicanthic fold, a trait generally not associated with whites, meaning that the only character who appears "white," ears or no ears, is Pearl, an albino.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]], as well as and many of them have a pronounced epicanthic fold, a trait generally not associated with whites, meaning that whites. Then there's the only character who appears "white," ears or no ears, pale-skinned, blonde, blue-eyed Pascentia...her family is Pearl, an albino.dark-skinned, she just has albinism.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]]. They also universally have a pronounced epicanthic fold, a trait generally not associated with whites, meaning that the only character who appears "white," ears or no ears, is Pearl, an albino.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]]. They also universally have traits]], as well as a pronounced epicanthic fold, a trait generally not associated with whites, meaning that the only character who appears "white," ears or no ears, is Pearl, an albino.
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* HasTwoMommies: Thorn and his sister, thanks to expensive magic-based HomosexualReproduction. (Probably. The author hasn't ruled out any characters being [[{{Transsexual}} transgender]].)
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* HasTwoMommies: Thorn and his sister, thanks to expensive magic-based HomosexualReproduction. (Probably. The author hasn't ruled out any characters being [[{{Transsexual}} transgender]].{{transgender}}.)
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]].
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]]. They also universally have a pronounced epicanthic fold, a trait generally not associated with whites, meaning that the only character who appears "white," ears or no ears, is Pearl, an albino.
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* TrueCompanions: All of Thorn's surviving team that now guards the embassy.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Sepia-toned desaturation for the Hedge & Grassie strips, mimicking the black-and-white TV version of ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow''.
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* FreudianExcuse: Thorn starts out dead-set against getting into a relationship while in the military, because his mothers had marriage problems, and he blamed it on one mom's travel-heavy career. Eventually [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/summer-sunshine-4884/ he accepts that he was using this as an excuse]] to let her off the hook for [[UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder other issues]].
* FrillsOfJustice: You can get a rough idea of a magical girl's power by [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-mages/ how fancy and bejeweled their outfit is]].
* FrillsOfJustice: You can get a rough idea of a magical girl's power by [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-mages/ how fancy and bejeweled their outfit is]].
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* {{Reincarnation}}: A few different types.
** Some people are "long-runners," with their full PastLifeMemories returning at a young age. At that point they're [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/the-perennials-716/ legally considered adults]], for everything from trials to labor laws.
** Other people never remember their past lives, but can be identified because they draw the same [[CoolSword heartsword]]. Ceannis used to have a law that any time [[InItsHourOfNeed their founding hero reincarnated]] (as identified by heartsword), [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-leachtric/ she got to rule the country.]]
** Some people are "long-runners," with their full PastLifeMemories returning at a young age. At that point they're [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/the-perennials-716/ legally considered adults]], for everything from trials to labor laws.
** Other people never remember their past lives, but can be identified because they draw the same [[CoolSword heartsword]]. Ceannis used to have a law that any time [[InItsHourOfNeed their founding hero reincarnated]] (as identified by heartsword), [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-leachtric/ she got to rule the country.]]
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* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: The Embassy staff communicates with hand signals when they want it to go unnoticed. Leif thinks of it as "servants' code", but when [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/summer-sunshine-7384/ he encounters an actual deaf person]] it turns out they can communicate fluently. (The cast page refers to it as Sønheim Sign.)
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* {{Yonkoma}}: Used during the [[http://leifandthorn.com/storyline/2017/16-4koma-in-black-i/ 4koma in Black]] storyline.
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* HalloweenCosplay: Every year some of cast dresses up as characters from [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe fiction]] that they're fans of.
** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/happy-halloween-2016/ Halloween 2016]], Violet and Rowan as characters from [[Literature/HarryPotter The Holger Saga]], Holly and Ivy as famous [[MagicalGirl magical girls]].
** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/happy-halloween-2017/ Halloween 2017]], Violet, Rowan, and Thorn as the main characters from [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Leachtric]].
** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/happy-halloween-2016/ Halloween 2016]], Violet and Rowan as characters from [[Literature/HarryPotter The Holger Saga]], Holly and Ivy as famous [[MagicalGirl magical girls]].
** [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/happy-halloween-2017/ Halloween 2017]], Violet, Rowan, and Thorn as the main characters from [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Leachtric]].
* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple sequences from from Hedge & Grassie, a sitcom Thorn is a fan of. Other referenced properties include Leachtric (musical), The Holger Saga (literature), Pretty Combat Mountaineer Geirskögul and Magical Storm Rune Svanhvit (magical-girl comics).
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* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
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* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, although, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ it doesn't fly]].
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* TheFaceless: A recurring [[MenInBlack man-in-black type]] is always seen in [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-718/ convenient shadow]].
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* TheFaceless: A recurring [[MenInBlack [[TheMenInBlack man-in-black type]] is always seen in [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-718/ convenient shadow]].
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: For the existence and appearance of the resident [[MenInBlack man-in-black type]]. She has to [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-418/ arrange for other characters to remind themselves]] that she exists.
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* TheAlternet: In-universe tech runs on spells and crystals rather than electricity and silicon, so they have [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-the-network/ the Internet, but magic]]. Complete with [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/summer-sunshine-3684/ Cracked-type article sites]].
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* ArtificialLimbs: Birch has a prosthetic leg from dragon-induced injuries.
* BadassAdorable: Ivy Muscade. Twintails, frilly skirts, poufy sleeves, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2741/ most powerful water mage of her generation]]. Even more so in the "Magical Thorn AU" where she's [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/magical-thorn-act-1-page-2/ a gap-toothed second-grader]].
* BadassAdorable: Ivy Muscade. Twintails, frilly skirts, poufy sleeves, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2741/ most powerful water mage of her generation]]. Even more so in the "Magical Thorn AU" where she's [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/magical-thorn-act-1-page-2/ a gap-toothed second-grader]].
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* BSideComics: There's [[http://leifandthorn.com/storyline/2017/grassie-takes-sonheic-lessons/ a whole episode of Hedge & Grassie]], the in-universe takeoff on of ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow''.
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* CultureChopSuey: Ceannis has American-based elections and media, Indian food, French and Gaelic names, Italian architecture, and English (Arthurian) national myths. In contrast with Sønheim, which is a more streamlined NorseByNorsewest.
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* FanGirl: Ivy is a [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-441/ gushing fangirl]] of in-universe magical-girl series.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: In-universe mythology means they have shoulder imps (bad) and faeries (good). [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/landslide-bring-me-down-5575/ Seen for Thorn here]].
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* MagicStaff: Carried by the most powerful magical girls (and boys). [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/magical-thorn-act-1-page-5/ As seen here with Kudzu.]]
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* SlaveBrand: The [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/sweet-summer-children-714/ back-of-the-neck tattoo]] seen on Leif and other Embassy servants. Marks the location of a microchip that causes pain if they break the rules.
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* DreadfulMusician: Thorn convinces Leif that he can't sing by providing [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/summer-sunshine-2384/ a demonstration that cracks glass and makes flowers wilt]].
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* FantasticSlurs: Thorn mentions to Hyacinth at one point that the go-to word for people of their ethnicity (Iuilic) used to be "Iud", and Hyacinth's reaction demonstrates quite clearly that it's no longer standard, or the least bit polite.
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* FantasticSlurs: Thorn mentions to his niece Hyacinth at one point that the go-to word for people of their ethnicity (Iuilic) used to be "Iud", and Hyacinth's reaction demonstrates quite clearly that it's no longer standard, or the least bit polite.
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* FantasticSlurs: Thorn mentions to Hyacinth at one point that the go-to word for people of their ethnicity (Iuilic) used to be "Iud", and Hyacinth's reaction demonstrates quite clearly that it's no longer standard, or the least bit polite.
** Thorn and his family are ethnically Iuilic, which is more or less fantasy!Jewish.
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* HasTwoMommies: Thorn and his sister, thanks to expensive magic-based HomosexualReproduction. (Probably. The author hasn't ruled out any characters being [[{{Transsexual}} transgender]].
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* TranslationConvention: Everything is rendered in English, with some notable effects:
** Sønheim has a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, like the English "ze", so it doesn't use the singular "they". However, Sønska dialogue may use "they" for a person of unknown gender, because it flows most naturally in English.
** Sønheim has a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, like the English "ze", so it doesn't use the singular "they". However, Sønska dialogue may use "they" for a person of unknown gender, because it flows most naturally in English.
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* TranslationConvention: Everything is rendered in English, with some notable effects:
** Sønheim has a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, likedistinguished by font. Sometimes there are author's notes or fourth-wall-breaking strips addressing things in the English "ze", so it original languages that don't exactly translate.
** Sønska doesn't usethe singular "they". However, Sønska "they", but translated-from-Sønska dialogue may use [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/homecoming-1724/ uses "they" for a person of unknown gender, gender]] because it flows most naturally sounds more natural in English.English than a literal translation of "ze."
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** The first line of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is apparently [[http://leifandthorn.tumblr.com/post/154432147824/leif-thorn-qa-10-12 a tongue twister in Ceannic]].
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* AlliterativeFamily: Sibling pairs Thorn and Tansy, and Hyacinth and Hawthorn.
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* TongueTied: If the servants in ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'' try to say anything that would incite conspiracy against the Embassy, they get [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/landslide-bring-me-down-2275/ zapped with pain]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Or rather, [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Bunny Ears President]] Olive Romarin.
-->'''Romarin:''' This is the Situation Room, right? Well, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-118/ me needing to finish my pie]] is a situation.
-->'''Romarin:''' This is the Situation Room, right? Well, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-118/ me needing to finish my pie]] is a situation.
* TheFaceless: A recurring [[MenInBlack man-in-black type]] is always seen in [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-718/ convenient shadow]].
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: In-universe. Ivy is a FanGirl of a lot of series from Sønheim, and will throw [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-441/unnecessary Sønska words into her dialogue]] (represented by a font change in the strip/a color change in the transcript).
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: For the existence and appearance of the resident [[MenInBlack man-in-black type]]. She has to [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/performance-review-418/ arrange for other characters to remind themselves]] that she exists.
* {{Lilliputians}}: The [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/landslide-bring-me-down-775/ doll-size Tamaputians]].
* QueerRomance: Slow-burn between the title characters, with other same-sex pairings in the supporting cast.
* SpeechBubbles: Different fonts represent people speaking different languages. For vampires, they're outlined in red.
* SundayStrip: Including [[{{Elseworld}} alternate universes]], [[AllThereInTheManual worldbuilding details]], double-sized weekly strips, and one-shot extras.
* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
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* SpeechBubbles: Different fonts represent people speaking different languages. For vampires, they're outlined in red.
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* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
* SpeechBubbles: Different fonts represent people speaking different languages. For vampires, they're outlined in red.
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* SpeechBubbles: Different fonts represent people speaking different languages. For vampires, they're outlined in red.
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* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably,{{Unicorn}}: The steed of choice. Thorn's unicorn, Caiomhe, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].com/comic/an-incredibly-platonic-storyline-1864/ reacts badly to Leif]], giving both of them different ideas about how he might be "impure."
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* TheVJDayKiss: Mata and Pato, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/landslide-bring-me-down-5775/ celebrating an engineering success]].
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* CensorBox: When Leif lists the few Ceanska words and phrases he knows, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/an-incredibly-platonic-storyline-2264/ half of them are censor-barred out]].
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Ivy versus Laceleaf's stalker]]. Takes control of all the water in the vicinity, so firmly that he can't even control enough to make [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2941/ a misguided attempt to placate her]], much less actually fight back.
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* ElementalPowers: Mages in come in [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-mages/ magical domains]] (with corresponding [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/saturday-sketchbook-spirit-guide/ spirits]]). Mentioned so far: water, nature, fire, and stars. Almost anything appears to fall under that last category, under the more science-based logic that all matter was originally star stuff.
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* SwissArmyAppendage: A rare leg-based example. [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/the-actual-successful-dating-life-of-birch-baker/ Birch's foot can be swapped out]] for other attachments, like a clamp.
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Thorn needs a ride in an ambulance; friends can't ride along, only family; Leif is obviously not a blood relation. The solution: [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/an-incredibly-platonic-storyline-4864/ claim Leif is his husband]].
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* ChildMage: Holly is fourteen, while the rest of the team consists of adult knights.
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* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: The [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-3141/ brief appearance]] of [[spoiler:time-traveling future Thorn]]. Who Holly first guesses to be "[[MirrorUniverse alternate-dimension evil]] [[spoiler:Thorn]]."
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* InTheNameOfTheMoon: An in-universe magical-girl series has the catchphrase "In the name of the mountain, I'll punish you!" [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2841/ Ivy quotes it during battle]], in [[GratuitousJapanese the original Sønska]].
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: With background characters, who get names in the transcripts like [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/leaves-that-are-green-1021/ not!]][[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Touga]], [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-1066/ not!]][[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], and [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-1066/ not!]][[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Astrid Rødlund, author of a popular children's fantasy series, bears more than a little resemblance to Creator/JKRowling.
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* PowerDyesYourHair: Magical girls can get multicolor hair effects when they transform. Compare [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-241/ powered-down Holly]] (all dark green) with [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/i-got-eight-problems-2027/ transformed Holly]] (light-green for the last few inches). Note that for a character like Ivy, who has the [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/saturday-sketchbook-magical-ivy/ mundane kind of dyed hair]], that color doesn't get overridden by a transformation.
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* {{Squee}}: Ivy has been seen [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-441/ expressing high-pitched excitement approximately once every other sentence]].
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* TransformationSequence: For the magical girls (and boys, women, men, etc). [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2641/ Teenage girl Ivy]] gets a lavish one; so does [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-1541/ an adult male character]] earlier in the same storyline.
* TransformationTrinket: The mages use brooches, apparently all brightly-colored crystals in metallic settings.
* TransformationTrinket: The mages use brooches, apparently all brightly-colored crystals in metallic settings.
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* SilentSceneryPanel: [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/leaves-that-are-green-121/ First strip of the "Leaves That Are Green" storyline]], and again in [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/leaves-that-are-green-421/ a view of Leif's hospital room]], doubling as a bittersweet IdenticalPanelGag.
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* CanonImmigrant: Erin has taken several characters from ButImACatPerson to use as extras in Leif & Thorn.
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* CanonImmigrant: Erin has taken several characters from ButImACatPerson ''Webcomic/ButImACatPerson'' to use as extras in Leif ''Leif & Thorn.Thorn''.
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* AlliterativeFamily: Sibling pairs Thorn and Tansy, and Hyacinth and Hawthorn.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The vampire couple, Lady Stanczia and Lord Imri.
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* MeetCute: The title characters meet when Leif is pruning a tree, and [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/homecoming-624/ a branch knocks Thorn in the head]].
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* TeensAreShort: Pointedly averted. Teenage Hyacinth is [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-414/ a full head taller than her uncle]].
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* FourthWallObserver: [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-614/ Tiernan]].
* HolidayNonupdate: [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/holiday-special-2015/ Christmas 2015]], about [[FictionalHoliday in-universe winter holidays]].
* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]].
* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Most of the main characters are some shade of brown. The only ones with Caucasian skin tones are the people from Sønheim, who are also the only ones with [[PointyEars nonhuman physical traits]].
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* Thorn and his cat Tiernan, who can [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-1414/ stop him from having dragon flashbacks]].
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* PsychicLink: Thorn and his cat Tiernan, who can [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-1414/ stop him from having dragon flashbacks]].
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* SpeechBubbles: Different fonts represent people speaking different languages. For vampires, they're outlined in red.
* SundayStrip: Including [[Elseworld alternate universes]], [[AllThereInTheManual worldbuilding details]], double-sized weekly strips, and one-shot extras.
* SundayStrip: Including [[Elseworld alternate universes]], [[AllThereInTheManual worldbuilding details]], double-sized weekly strips, and one-shot extras.
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* UndeadTaxExemption: Inverted. Vampires have legal identities under their original names and real ages...and have [[VampiresAreRich so much collective wealth]] that they're [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-466/ subject to an undead-specific ''tax'']] to keep them from unbalancing Sønheim's economy.
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* Elseworld: A few have been visited during [[SundayStrip Sunday strips]], including [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-hunter-thorn-1/ Vampire Hunter Thorn]] and [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/leif-thorn-in-space-1/ Leif & Thorn: IN SPACE!]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Sønheim is closely based on Sweden and Norway, while neighboring Ceannis is more of a CultureChopSuey.
* MagicalDatabase: apparently a lot of them, including [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/homecoming-1124/ translation dictionaries]], which can be queried from a distance using [[TheAlternet their magical Internet]].
* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: The strip deals with, not only cultural differences between two of its fantasy countries, but [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-ethnic-groups/ ethnic differences within each country]].
* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: The strip deals with, not only cultural differences between two of its fantasy countries, but [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/thorn-explains-ethnic-groups/ ethnic differences within each country]].
* Thorn and his cat Tiernan, who can [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/family-dinner-1414/ stop him from having dragon flashbacks]].
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* QueerRomance: Slow-burn between the title characters, with other same-sex pairings in the supporting cast.
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* QueerRomance: Slow-burn between the title characters, with other same-sex pairings in the supporting cast.cast.
* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: Ceannic magic doesn't work within the borders of Sønheim, so [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/i-got-eight-problems-1727/ a Ceannic spell backfires within the walls of the embassy]].
* SuperWheelchair: Iona has a chair that hovers, but, notably, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-3066/ doesn't fly]].
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: Ceannic magic doesn't work within the borders of Sønheim, so [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/i-got-eight-problems-1727/ a Ceannic spell backfires within the walls of the embassy]].
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* LanguageDrift: Invoked with both major languages. Ceannis has a national epic that was written in Middle Ceannic; most of its citizens have read it in school, but in a modern translation. The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent multi-century-old vampires in Sønheim]] speak modern Sønska, but their native language was a much earlier version, which would make them an invaluable resource for linguists...if they weren't also prone to making stuff up for their own entertainment.
* MultiethnicName: In both countries.
** Birch Baker, a Ceannic citizen whose family comes from Getsun, has a [[FloralThemeNaming mainstream Ceannic]] first name and a Getsunai last name
** Violet Dupont, of mixed ethnicity, has a first name from one ethnic group and a last name from the other
** Overlapping with LanguageDrift, the older vampires in Sønheim have first names, Imri and Stanczia, from a no-longer-extant culture. Their last name, Fågelson, is a mainstream modern Sønska name. This is because they were born before surnames were invented, and adopted one much later for legal purposes.
* OfThePeople: Averted. The Ceannic demonym, in its own language, comes from "the central people", and the Sønska demonym is from "the sun people".
* MultiethnicName: In both countries.
** Birch Baker, a Ceannic citizen whose family comes from Getsun, has a [[FloralThemeNaming mainstream Ceannic]] first name and a Getsunai last name
** Violet Dupont, of mixed ethnicity, has a first name from one ethnic group and a last name from the other
** Overlapping with LanguageDrift, the older vampires in Sønheim have first names, Imri and Stanczia, from a no-longer-extant culture. Their last name, Fågelson, is a mainstream modern Sønska name. This is because they were born before surnames were invented, and adopted one much later for legal purposes.
* OfThePeople: Averted. The Ceannic demonym, in its own language, comes from "the central people", and the Sønska demonym is from "the sun people".
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* TranslationConvention: Everything is rendered in English, with some notable effects:
** Sønheim has a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, like the English "ze", so it doesn't use the singular "they". However, Sønska dialogue may use "they" for a person of unknown gender, because it flows most naturally in English.
** Ceannis has a t-v distinction (different pronouns for the formal "you" and the familiar "you"). Ceannic dialogue uses the English "you" for all of it.
** Puns, wordplay, and [[http://leifandthorn.tumblr.com/post/141673895400/leifthorn-this-was-supposed-to-be-hot-by Thorn's awkward mispronunciations of Sønska words]] are translated literally, even when the English words don't have the same similarities.
** Sønheim has a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, like the English "ze", so it doesn't use the singular "they". However, Sønska dialogue may use "they" for a person of unknown gender, because it flows most naturally in English.
** Ceannis has a t-v distinction (different pronouns for the formal "you" and the familiar "you"). Ceannic dialogue uses the English "you" for all of it.
** Puns, wordplay, and [[http://leifandthorn.tumblr.com/post/141673895400/leifthorn-this-was-supposed-to-be-hot-by Thorn's awkward mispronunciations of Sønska words]] are translated literally, even when the English words don't have the same similarities.
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* AprilFoolsDay: In 2016, [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-66/ interrupting a dramatic battle]].
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Thorn's "cat" looks like a cross between a cat, a fox, and a blue Eeevee.
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* CoolSword: Thorn and his team are from the subset of knights that can draw heartswords, [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena-esque]] magical weapons whose shapes reflect the owner's personality. They appear to be unmatched by any in-universe weapon besides other heartswords [[AnAxeToGrind and other soul-based weapons]].
* EmpathyPet: Tiernan, Thorn's soul-bonded cat, who helps him deal with PTSD symptoms.
* EmpathyPet: Tiernan, Thorn's soul-bonded cat, who helps him deal with PTSD symptoms.
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* HasTwoMommies: Thorn and his sister, thanks to expensive magic-based HomosexualReproduction. (Probably. The author hasn't ruled out any characters being [[{{Transsexual}} transgender]].
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Created by ErinPtah, Leif & Thorn is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (Unknowingly) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
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Created by ErinPtah, Creator/ErinPtah, [[http://leifandthorn.com/ Leif & Thorn Thorn]] is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (Unknowingly) (unaware of the prophecy) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
* BilingualBonus: Two major languages are spoken in the comic. Not all characters understand both of them, but they're both written as English (in different fonts), allowing the audience to pick up on things the characters may not.
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* FloralThemeNaming: All the characters from Ceannis have plant-related names, including flowers (Violet, Tansy), trees (Juniper, Rowan), fruits (Plum, Olive), and so on (Thorn).
* PunnyName:In-Universe, In-universe, the Sønska name Leif comments that Thorn's name sounds as such like the Ceannic word for "leaf," in Sønska.keeping with the FloralThemeNaming.
* QueerRomance: Slow-burn between the title characters, with other same-sex pairings in the supporting cast.
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* QueerRomance: Slow-burn between the title characters, with other same-sex pairings in the supporting cast.
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In the nation of Ceannis, a prophecy of doom has been revealed. Only one man and his team of loyal knights stand between disaster and salvation. Now as soon as the Ministry of Prophecy can figure out which knight that is, everything should be fine. Right? Right.
Created by ErinPtah, Leif & Thorn is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (Unknowingly) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
Updates six days a week with art pieces on Saturday.
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!!Tropes found in the comic are:
* PunnyName: In-Universe, Leif comments that Thorn's name sounds as such in Sønska.
Created by ErinPtah, Leif & Thorn is described as "Sparkly Magical Fantasy Dramedy" right under the title. Following Sir Thorn Estragon, a national hero of Ceannis tasked (Unknowingly) with the protection of the embassy of the neighboring nation of Sønheim, the comic shows that no matter the world, people are alike all over.
Updates six days a week with art pieces on Saturday.
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!!Tropes found in the comic are:
* PunnyName: In-Universe, Leif comments that Thorn's name sounds as such in Sønska.
