History YMMV / TheWickedAndTheDivine

--> "Oh Woden/[[spoiler:David]], I have done many awful necessary things. But '''YOU''' had a choice. And even at this late date, all your choices were bad. I'll tell you this. I've been around a long long time. And I am oh so bored of men like you."

* BrokenBase: Amaterasu's RaceLift: acceptable, especially with the knowledge that quite a few important characters are non-white (and that there are other [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] in the Pantheon)? Or unnecessary white washing, considering that there are so few characters of Asian descent represented in comics (or at all), even with Cassandra being part of the main cast? While Cassandra voices some of criticisms InUniverse, the fact that she can come off as a case of TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong doesn't help.

* HolyShitQuotient:
** Issue 11, all of it. Issue 18 goes further [[spoiler: by revealing Persephone survived Issue 11 after all.]] Issue 20 joins the party [[spoiler: by revealing Ananke killed Inanna, not Baphomet.]]
** Issue #33. [[spoiler: 'Woden' is David Blake, who backstabbed his son, Jon, for power. Jon is the real god, Mimir, but he's been locked up for two years while his father takes his powers and lives his life. Minerva has been possessed or taken over by Ananke, and the severed heads of Luci, Tara and Inanna are somewhere underground, with Ananke looking for a fourth to fend off the Great Darkness.]]

* GeniusBonus: In the 455 special, Ananke tells the king of the Vandals that she hopes in the future, Vandals will be synonymous with wisdom. Except the word "Vandalism" means "to destroy", so Ananke was just {{Troll}}ing or was entirely incorrect, right? Actually, evidence shows that despite Vandals sacking Rome, they were ''perpetrators'' of Roman Culture, not destroyers. So in a way, she ''was'' right.

** [[spoiler: Wrangel Island Persephone]] and [[spoiler: Francia Persephone]]. Despite not being the first to fight back or even manage to wound Ananke, [[spoiler: both of them managed to escape - Wrangel Island [[YourHeadAsplode blew up Ananke's head instead]], and Francia Persephone [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected Ananke]].]] This gave some CatharsisFactor and left a lot of fans wanting to see what happened in those specific recurrences.

** During the [[TheyKilledKennyAgain death montage]] of all the Persephones, seeing a few either successfully fight off the Crone or [[TakingYouWithMe take her down with her]].

** Another is Issue 43.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Those found in Issue #13 and #43.

** Issue 13 which contains the misogyny and abuse that Tara went through.One could make an argument for various parts of 14 and 15 as well.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Issue 13. You could make an argument for various parts of 14 and 15 as well.
** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Though Issue 13's message is ''still'' sorely needed.
** The biggest case of both tropes is issue 43.

* HolyShitQuotient: Issue 11, all of it. Issue 18 goes further [[spoiler: by revealing Persephone survived Issue 11 after all.]] Issue 20 joins the party [[spoiler: by revealing Ananke killed Inanna, not Baphomet.]]

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Though Issue 13's message is ''still'' sorely needed.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cass, Dio, and Luci are some of the most popular characters.

* FridgeBrilliance:
** Ananke calling [[spoiler: Persephone "The Destroyer" might [[VillainHasAPoint have some mythological basis]]. Persephone was known as The Destroyer by the other members of the Greek pantheon. She was more feared than Hades because he was content to allow events to take their course, while she hunted and brutally punished those who offended her.]]
** A ''lot'' of things about [[spoiler: Woden actually being David Blake make sense in hindsight. For instance, Ananke's speech about how terrible he is as a person? It's actually about what he did to his son. Kerry's comments about how he can't get it up and what's under the mask? David's age makes it difficult to get a boner, and Kerry likely would have realised that "Woden" was much older than he was supposed to be, thus making shutting her up a priority. After she tried to kill him, Woden's musing that, "A god can't be hurt" makes considerable sense when followed with, "But I'm not one." His thinking, "How ironic," when Kerry tries the Prometheus Gambit makes a lot more sense - she's trying to steal a god's powers from someone who stole powers himself. His monologue to Cass about how most men are sacrificed to benefit their fathers suddenly sounds like a SarcasticConfession. All his womanising and substance-abuse isn't because he's trying to enjoy what little life he has left, he's doing it because he thinks it's the life he should have had. He never actually told Urdr that he was Jon Blake - instead, he brought up her pre-transition life to piss her off enough that she accepted his answers without realising that he was brushing her off. Ananke never told him about the Great Darkness because he's not a god, so he's no use in fighting against it. And Woden cast a vote to study the Great Darkness, which would be in keeping with David Blake's real occupation as a Pantheon researcher.]]
* FridgeHorror:
** [[spoiler: Woden is revealed to be David Blake. Given that it's heavily implied (if not outright stated, if Lucifer is to be believed) that Woden has had sex with his Valkyries. Just how old ''are'' these Valkyries?]] As if you needed ''another'' reason to hate Woden.
*** [[spoiler: At least he might get some karma, if he was to be believed about doing cocaine. Sure, people like Lucifer with a two-year timespan might think it's okay, but David doesn't have this lifespan. Good going.]]
** More generally, everything about Woden becomes even more repulsive when you learn [[spoiler:he's ''not'' a young adult with a mutilated face fated to die in two years; he's a grown man and academic who thinks he's entitled to what he's stolen]].
** [[spoiler: Apparently when Ananke made peoples' heads blow up, she just teleports their heads to some kind of underground cavern. Where they are still able to talk and are aware.]]
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[spoiler: After learning that Woden is David Blake, David Blake's interactions with Cass have become a whole lot {{Squick}}ier.]]

** Issue number 43 gives another one in which Toni, Beth, and Robin ''also'' get BrainwashedAndCrazy and once [[spoiler: Tara brings them back to themselves]], Toni proceeds to punch her ''right'' in the face and screams [[RageQuit that she is not part of this band anymore]].

** [[spoiler: Apparently when Ananke made peoples' heads blow up, she just teleports their heads to some kind of underground cavern. Where they are still able to talk and are aware. Given that Sakhmet was cut off ''in the middle'', ''Sakhmet might still be aware'', and unlike the other three, [[AndIMustScream can't even speak]] to the dismembered heads of the other gods.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Issue 18 for [[spoiler: Persephone.]] It's automatic when you manage to fool [[spoiler: Ananke.]]
** Issue 36 begins with a montage of [[spoiler: every Persephone through history being killed at Ananke's hands]]. But two exceptions, [[spoiler: Francia and Wrangel Island]] stand out because they not only fought ''back'' but [[spoiler: ripped Ananke in half and killed HER instead]] respectively.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[spoiler: After knowing that Woden is David Blake, David Blake's interactions with Cass has gone a whole lot {{Squick}}ier.]]

** A ''lot'' of things about [[spoiler: Woden actually being David Blake make sense in hindsight. For instance, Ananke's speech about how terrible he is as a person- it's actually about what he did to his son. Kerry's comments about how he can't get it up and how what's under the mask? David's age makes it difficult to get a boner, and Kerry likely would have realised that 'Woden' was much older than he was supposed to be, thus making shutting her up a priority. After she tried to kill him, Woden's musing that 'A god can't be hurt' makes considerable sense when followed with 'But I'm not one'. His thinking "How ironic," when Kerry tries the Prometheus Gambit makes a lot more sense - she's trying to steal a god's powers from someone who stole powers himself. His monologue to Cass about how most men are sacrificed to benefit their fathers suddenly sounds like a SarcasticConfession. All his womanising and substance-abuse isn't because he's trying to enjoy what little life he has left, he's doing it because he thinks it's the life he should have had. He never actually told Urdr that he was Jon Blake- instead, he brought up her pre-transition life to piss her off enough that she accepted his answers without realising that he was brushing her off. And Ananke never told him about the Great Darkness because he's not a god, so he's no use in fighting against it.]]

** [[spoiler: Wrangel Island Persephone]], despite not being the first to fight back, she was [[spoiler: the first to turn the tide on Ananke and blow ''her'' head up instead]]. Same also goes for [[spoiler: Francia Persephone - who not only survived, but [[HalfTheManHeUsedtoBe cut Ananke in half]] before fleeing]].

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler: Poor Mimir, aka Jon Blake.]]