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* [[Succession Crisis]]: Happens in ''Auberon's Tale,'' which takes place long in the past. When the old king dies, the child Auberon is named his successor, but he's not the only one with a claim to the throne. |
* [[Succession Crisis]]: Happens in ''Auberon's Tale,'' which takes place long in the past. When the old king dies, the child Auberon is named his successor, but he's not the only one with a claim to the throne. |
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* [[Trash of the Titans]]: Molly's room, according to Yarrow. |
* [[Trash of the Titans]]: Molly's room, according to Yarrow. |
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{{quote|"Can this truly be your bedchamber? Never have I seen so small a space so remarkably disarrayed!"}} |
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=== '''Names Of Magic'' and ''Hunter -- The Age of Magic'' provides examples of: === |
=== '''Names Of Magic'' and ''Hunter -- The Age of Magic'' provides examples of: === |
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* [[Action Girl]]: Molly proves to be one, though an even straighter example can be found in Jaqueline "Jackie" Constantine, a teenage [[Distaff Counterpart]] to John Constantine. |
* [[Action Girl]]: Molly proves to be one, though an even straighter example can be found in Jaqueline "Jackie" Constantine, a teenage [[Distaff Counterpart]] to John Constantine. |
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* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: {{spoiler|With Cat and Dog in the final issue, when Tim takes them back to the pre-historic world, to give the world he just destroyed a new chance to start over.}} |
* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: {{spoiler|With Cat and Dog in the final issue, when Tim takes them back to the pre-historic world, to give the world he just destroyed a new chance to start over.}} |
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{{quote|[[spoiler:'''Tim:''' Think of this as paradise, and you're Adam and Eve. Multiply and be fruitful. |
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'''Cat:''' Did he say something? |
'''Cat:''' Did he say something? |
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'''Tim:''' Oh, one last thing... Don't touch the apples on these trees. |
'''Tim:''' Oh, one last thing... Don't touch the apples on these trees. |
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'''Cat:''' Why not? |
'''Cat:''' Why not? |
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'''Dog:''' Is it some kind of sin? |
'''Dog:''' Is it some kind of sin? |
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'''Tim:''' 'Course not.... they just taste of fish for some reason. Don't ask me why.]] }} |
'''Tim:''' 'Course not.... they just taste of fish for some reason. Don't ask me why.]] }} |
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Or Alternate Universe Dye Job, anyway; in this series Tim has black hair instead of the dark brown he ended up with in the regular continuity, Molly is a redhead and Zatanna is blonde. Constantine is the only one who looks more or less exactly like his regular-continuity counterpart. |
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Or Alternate Universe Dye Job, anyway; in this series Tim has black hair instead of the dark brown he ended up with in the regular continuity, Molly is a redhead and Zatanna is blonde. Constantine is the only one who looks more or less exactly like his regular-continuity counterpart. |
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* [[Straight Gay]]: Jackie Constantine. Which makes some amount of sense, as she's the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of John Constantine, whom we know is [[Bi the Way]]. Jackie never shows any attraction to men, though, and identifies as gay. |
* [[Straight Gay]]: Jackie Constantine. Which makes some amount of sense, as she's the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of John Constantine, whom we know is [[Bi the Way]]. Jackie never shows any attraction to men, though, and identifies as gay. |
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Lampshaded by Edmund ("Ed") of Hebron and Molly. |
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Lampshaded by Edmund ("Ed") of Hebron and Molly. |
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{{quote|'''Ed:''' Don't think I won't kill you just because you're girls. |
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'''Molly:''' Great -- we get the only non-sexist demon in this shithole. }} |
'''Molly:''' Great -- we get the only non-sexist demon in this shithole. }} |
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