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The Queen of Hearts first appeared as a very short-tempered, selfish, and bossy character form {{w|Lewis Carrol}}'s book ''{{w|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}}''. The "''Queen of Hearts"'' did in fact have a husband, the King of Hearts. (He was more merciful than his wife, pardoning some of the sentenced, though being eager to behead the Cheshire Cat and pronounce the Knave of Hearts guilty of theft.) Her record for all beheadings would be countless, because it was her way of solving any problem encountered (no matter how minor). However, the griffon Alice encounters later during the story claims that it is "all their fancy" and that nobody is ever eventually beheaded. | The Queen of Hearts first appeared as a very short-tempered, selfish, and bossy character form {{w|Lewis Carrol}}'s book ''{{w|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}}''. The "''Queen of Hearts"'' did in fact have a husband, the King of Hearts. (He was more merciful than his wife, pardoning some of the sentenced, though being eager to behead the Cheshire Cat and pronounce the Knave of Hearts guilty of theft.) Her record for all beheadings would be countless, because it was her way of solving any problem encountered (no matter how minor). However, the griffon Alice encounters later during the story claims that it is "all their fancy" and that nobody is ever eventually beheaded. | ||
She may also draw some amount of inspiration from the Red Queen, a character from the sequel novel, '' | She may also draw some amount of inspiration from the Red Queen, a character from the sequel novel, ''Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there'' (often abbreviated as ''{{w|Through the Looking Glass}}''). | ||
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