History Series / WitchesOfEastEnd

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Eva uses a LovePotion on Killian so she can have sex with him as much as possible in order to [[spoiler: have a baby]], yet when everything is out in the open [[spoiler: her death scene]] is rendered as a poignant moment where the audience is meant to sympathize with her - both Freya and Killian himself are visibly moved, and he shows no emotional trauma from the abuse. The indignation of the other characters seems to stem from Eva coercing Killian's love and taking him from Freya, with no mention of forced sex.

* WitchSpecies: Witchcraft is genetic. A passing comment by Joanna reveals for the first time that she and Wendy are from [[spoiler:Asgard]].

* LanguageOfMagic: just speaking words in [[AltumVidetur Latin]] will make things happen if someone has magic powers. Old Norse is said to be the older language of magic, with all magic coming from [[spoiler: Asgard]], though how does that work with the "newer" magic in Latin is anyone's guess.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: various characters at various times.

* ButtMonkey: poor [[spoiler: Frederick]] is usually beaten up, incapacitated, tortured, paralysed, and beaten up again.

* SatelliteCharacter: in the first season, both the Gardiner brothers only have scenes and dialogue related to Freya. The second season tries to give them their own storylines, with varying success.

** Ingrid's trance state with the mandragora. This results in horror and a mini-breakdown for Ingrid, but the rest of the cast utter 'oh noes' more akin to 'what a shame' than as if she had suffered a terrible ordeal. She herself insists she enjoyed it, adding to her general confusion.

** Ingrid's trance state with the mandragora. This results in horror and a mini-breakdown for Ingrid, but the rest of the cast utter 'oh noes' more akin to 'what a shame' than as if she had suffered a terrible ordeal. She herself insists she enjoyed it, adding to her and general confusion.

** Ingrid's trance state with the mandragora. This results in horror and a mini-breakdown for Ingrid, but the rest of the cast utter 'oh noes' more akin to 'what a shame' than as if she had suffered a terrible ordeal.

* {{Immortality}}: It's unclear whether or not all witches are immortal or if Wendy and Joanna have been specifically cursed to be immortal. Their immortality certainly works differently. Joanna is [[NighInvulnerability near-impossible to kill]]. Wendy dies like anyone else, but [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes to life]] a few hours after she dies. Ingrid and Freya die like anyone would, but almost as soon as they do Joanna [[BornAgainImmortality gets pregnant]] with Ingrid and the cycle starts over.

* ShirtlessScene: Freddie Prinze Jr. gets one in the fourth episode. Wendy spends a moment EatingTheEyeCandy before deciding that, no, she's not going to leave so soon.

* TarotTroubles: The witches lay the cards a couple of times. It's how they find out that a shapeshifter is out to kill Joanna and her daughters. Even shuffling the deck and trying it over dozens of times doesn't change the message of the cards.

* NorseMythology: Joanna and Wendy apparently come from [[spoiler:Asgard]], and Freya's name is a blatant ShoutOut. Also, Mike's previous book's title is "The Aesir of Midgard," so something is definitely going on.

* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: Cillian and Freya.]]

* DisappearedDad: Ingrid and Freya's father isn't mentioned until [=S01E08=], when it's stated he's been gone for ''over a century'', making this an extreme case. Due to their {{born again immortality}} Ingrid and Freya have never seen him before in their present lives, nor in most of their past ones going back centuries. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ingrid is bitter with him over this, although Freya warms up more quickly. It's somewhat different because Joanna asked him to leave as well, and he's thus upset that she told his daughters he'd abandoned them.

* DisappearedDad: Ingrid and Freya's father isn't mentioned until [=S01E08=], when it's stated he's been gone for ''over a century'' making this an extreme case. Due to their {{born again immortality}} Ingrid and Freya have never seen him before in their present lives. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ingrid is bitter with him over this, although Freya warms up more quickly. It's somewhat different because Joanna asked him to leave as well.

* EquivalentExchange: Magic isn't "free", it has to come from somewhere. When Ingrid casts a spell to bring a loved one back to life, she learns that at some point in the future she will lose someone she loves.

* DisappearedDad: Ingrid and Freya's father isn't mentioned until [=S01E08=], when it's stated he's been gone for ''over a century'' making this an extreme case. Due to their {{born again immortality}} Ingrid and Freya have never seen him before in their present lives, and don't remember any past life experiences. Unsurprisingly, Ingrid is bitter with him over this, although Freya warms up more quickly. It's somewhat different because Joanna asked him to leave as well.

* SkepticismFailure: Ingrid spends the first episode declaring herself a "rational skeptic" who doesn't believe in witchcraft, until of course she's proven ''completely'' wrong.

* Cats Are Magic: The black cat in the beginning of the first episode has a neat trick...

* WitchSpecies: Witchcraft is genetic. Vague references as to Archibald's main goal imply that witches come from somewhere... else, possibly not on Earth. A passing comment by Joanna reveals that she and Wendy are from [[spoiler:Asgard]].

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Eva uses a LovePotion on Killian so she can have sex with him as much as possible in order to have a baby, yet when everything is out in the open [[spoiler: her death scene]] is rendered as a poignant moment where the audience is meant to sympathize with her - both Freya and Killian himself are visibly moved, and he shows no trauma from the abuse. The indignation of the other characters seems to stem from Eva coercing Killian's love, with no mention of the sex being forced.

* BurnTheWitch: In some of Joanna's flashbacks, it's shown that her daughters died this way in earlier eras.

* UnwantedRevival: In [=S01E02 Ingrid doesn't know yet that Wendy will come back to life a few hours after being stabbed to death by the shapeshifter, and uses a spell to resurrect her. Wendy is less than pleased about it and informs Ingrid that sooner or later she'll have to pay the price by losing someone she loves.

* UnwantedRevival: In episode 2 Ingrid doesn't know yet that Wendy will come back to life a few hours after being stabbed to death by the shapeshifter, and uses a spell to resurrect her. Wendy is less than pleased about it and informs Ingrid that sooner or later she'll have to pay the price by losing someone she loves.

* PhantomZonePicture: One of Freya's ex-boyfriend from a past life is trapped in a painting. He escapes in [=S01E01=] and tries to do the same to Freya, but is eventually trapped in another painting. And apparently he's not the only person the witches got rid of that way.

* {{Immortality}}: It's unclear whether or not all witches are immortal or if Wendy and Joanna have been specifically cursed to be immortal. Their immortality certainly works differently. Joanna is near-impossible to kill. Wendy dies like anyone else, but comes to life a few hours after she dies. Ingrid and Freya die like anyone would, but almost as soon as they do Joanna gets pregnant with Ingrid and the cycle starts over.

** There's a sequence in episode 4 where Joanna pulls a flask, a gun, and a hammer out of a box, and then flashes back to the enemies she defeated using each of them without context as to who those people are.

* PhantomZonePicture: One of Freya's ex-boyfriend from a past life is trapped in a painting. He escapes and tries to do the same to Freya, but is eventually trapped in another painting. And apparently he's not the only person the witches got rid of that way.

* BiTheWay: Joanna

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: the English Julia Ormond as the American Joanna Beauchamp, big time.