History YMMV / GrrlPower

** Deus is either loved for being both CrazyPrepared and being highly skilled at XanatosSpeedChess, or seen as an annoying MartyStu. His AwesomeEgo is either a huge plus or the worst thing about him.

** Deus is either loved for being both CrazyPrepared and being highly skilled at XanatosSpeedChess, or seen as an annoying MartyStu (although this term doesn't really fit). His AwesomeEgo is either a huge plus or the worst thing about him.

** Deus is either loved for being both CrazyPrepared and being highly skilled at XanatosSpeedChess, or seen as an annoying MartyStu (although this term doesn't really fit). His ego is either a huge plus or the worst thing about him.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Deus has attracted a cheering section who seem to believe that he's not really a supervillain, what with building up his chosen nation's economy and infrastructure, eliminating corruption, and immeasurably improving his subjects' standard of living. Deus having eliminated the previous king, who would not cede power to him, is portrayed as entirely reasonable, since the guy was an awful ruler. His fans also regard cutting a path to the sea through a neighboring country as "the ends justify the means", somewhat ignoring that he's declared ''war'' on a sovereign nation.

-->'''Concretia:''' I'll admit I've imagined slowly crushing that guy's skull until his eyes burst [...] But I still have to ask: '''what is wrong with you?'''

** The second was that we never got to Maxima’s reaction to the ArtInitiatesLife version of Happōsai.

* CrazyAwesome: Achilles abusing his invulnerability to do things like block swords with his ''eyeball'' just to shock the villain into dropping her sword.

-->'''Lapha''': So beauti- ''*<Glorf>*''

-->'''Alien''': So beauti- ''*<Glorf>*''

* FoeYay: What ''else'' do you call Deus pawing on a television screen that pictures Maxima while saying "she's perfect!"?

** Cora makes a criminal explode into LudicrousGibs. Sydney is [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-913-the-purge/ understandably disgusted]] and [VomitDiscretionShot finds herself throwing up]] for some time. Even Concretia is uncomfortable with it.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Even [[PragmaticVillainy Deus]] has to admit [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2068 that there are some things money can't buy]].
--->'''Deus:''' Well, there aren't, but in some rare cases buying a thing would devalue it.
** Sydney talks Cora into [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/3087 helping Alari refugees]] with a rather persuasive argument.
--->'''Cora:''' What's your interest here, Sydney? Why do you want to help these Alari?\\
'''Sydney:''' Cause they... [[ShapedLikeItself need help]]?\\
'''Cora:''' Heh. [[GoodFeelsGood That's a pretty good reason.]]
** Sydney [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-726-a-return-to-abnormalcy/ returns to Earth]], and immediately {{Glomp}}s Maxima, rather than returning her salute.
** Also after her return, she admits to [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-747-physical-training-snooze-dont/ having nightmares about her experiences off-world]], and Peggy immediately offers to set her up with a therapist -- Sydney readily accepts.

* NightmareFuel:
** Maxima gets pretty scary towards the end of the press conference, especially towards the pink haired reporter who is really only doing her job. Particularly when said reporter asks why Maxima went full power for the demonstration, prompting Maxima [[FalseReassurance to laugh at the notion that she'd gone full power there]].
** Ariana's "what if" scenarios that feature what ''she'' thinks is going on after Max's show include a bandaged man speaking in Arabic saying (according to the translation) "Dead, am I?" Recall that Max once said the only super who could ever match her is dead and get the shivers...
** [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-186-fingers-to-maximum-steepleage/ From the same page]], the creepy priest(?) with the glowing yellow eyes:
--->''The cleansing is at hand...''
** The villain who is a KnifeNut with SuperSpeed is just creepy. Then he throws a knife into Heatwave's foot.
** And Maxima does '''not''' fight fairly, as highlighted twice during her fight against Vehemence. First, she coordinated with Peggy to [[EyeScream shoot out his left eye]], then took advantage of Halo's distraction to [[AnArmAndALeg blast off his arm]], threatening to do it to his head if he didn't surrender.
--->'''Sydney:''' [-[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1551 I'm unhappy I was part of that]]-].
** For a normally light-hearted comic, Sydney's discovery of [[spoiler: hanging bodies used for their blood]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2406 is pure Nightmare Fuel]].
** It turns out that Concretia [[spoiler: has been MadeASlave, and that's why she's a criminal. Then [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-904-a-fob-carrying-bad-guy/ her "manager" shows up]]]] to showcase just how horrible the situation is.
--->'''Sydney''': Hooooly shit. I knew a chick who powered herself ''[[BloodMagic with other people's blood]]'', and ''she'' was ''less'' of a ''creep'' than ''you''.

* NauseaFuel: [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-893-ima-punch-you-so-hard/ Hench Wench punching Mr. Amorphous in the back of the head]] leads to his head distorting horribly from the mouth on out. ''Shudder''

** For a normally light-hearted comic, [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2406 this is pure Nightmare Fuel]].

** Suzie News/Wen gets... ''Very'' excited when talking about Maxima.

* LesYay: Dabbler, being a succubus, cause this merely by being in the same scene as other women.
-->'''Sydney''': Not a lesbian. Not a lesbian. Not a lesbian.

--->'''TheRant''': [[LampshadeHanging Now HR has to add the specific phrase]] "Delicious Chocolate Peach" to the manual.
** Upon first meeting Deus' assistant, Maxima respons to her gloating by getting up and introducing herself, smiling. Considering how the date had gone, it comes across as Maxima starting to flirt with Deus' assistant.

--->'''Sydney''': [-[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1551 I'm unhappy I was part of that]]-].
** For a normally light hearted comic, [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2406 this is pure Nightmare Fuel]].

** The first is that it firmly establishes that ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is fictional in this universe which not only eliminates many interesting opportunities given Math, but this also means there can’t be any expies.
** The second was that we never got to Maxima’s reaction to the ArtInitiatesLife version of Happosai.
** Played with as WordOfGod states there is still a possibility as up until the crossover ''Wearing the Cape'' was fictional in the ''Grrl Power'' universe

* FanficFuel: One of the masked vigilantes that Arcon is looking for to invite to the team looks a lot like Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}, leading to the suggestion that they might be part of the same universe.

--->'''Deus''': Well, there aren't, but in some rare cases buying a thing would devalue it.

--->'''Cora''': What's your interest here, Sydney? Why do you want to help these Alari?\\
'''Sydney''': Cause they... [[ShapedLikeItself need help]]?\\
'''Cora''': Heh. [[GoodFeelsGood That's a pretty good reason.]]

*** Also after her return, she admits to [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-747-physical-training-snooze-dont/ having nightmares about her experiences off-world]], and Peggy immediately offers to set her up with a therapist - Sydney readily accepts.

** Suzie News/Wen gets... ''Very'' exited when talking about Maxima.

** Played with as WordOfGod states there is still a possibility as up until the crossover ''Wearing the Cape'' was fictional in the ''Grrl Power'' universe
* WordOfGod: Dave Barrack does reveal some info via comments or answering of fan questions
** The Angels in the story either inspired the Biblical Angels or were just fine with posing as them. Though considering that they have [[https://gotquestions.org/Bible-halos.html Halos]] and the way [[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200000277 Biblical]] [[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwt/E/2013/26/10#h=64:0-72:0&study=discover Angels]] [[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200000945 are]] [[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003905 described]], it is most ''DEFINITLY'' the latter.
** He has considered Sydney trying to mimic [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Zenyatta]], or at least cosplaying as him.
** He won't be making groups of characters from underrepresented minorities (such as Aborigines, Eskimos, Taoists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, etc) due to the fact that [[WriteWhatYouKnow he doesn't know enough about them to write them in an intelligent manner]] (so if they do appear, it will probably be just one or two from each group, and it will be after he does some research about them) and also because he realises any religious group would probably have extreme members who attributed their powers to {{God}} and know that [[KnightTemplar wouldn't necessarily make them behave saintly]] (it comes down to their personal values). Though has confirmed that a fair number of non-white supers will show up in a future storyline.
*** As far as underrepresented groups goes, if there's something about that group that's interesting and informs that character, he'll make it a part of their back story, but he doesn't go out of his way to include that stuff just to include it.
*** He thought that having Varia claim to be a Aztec, who are arguably underrepresented, was amusing.
** He finds the idea of super-powered Scientologists pretty scary.
** No one knows why Pixel has to change forms to access her different powers, since they don't know how superpowers work. They can speculate all they want, but her unusual circumstance may lead them to some answers eventually.
** The Veil has a few working parts. The primary ones are a hologram to cover up the non-human elements, and something like a charm spell that makes humans [[WeirdnessCensor rationalize away or ignore]] most of what the physical disguises doesn't cover. Like if you're making out with our girlfriend and you're nibbling on her pointed ears which you can't see, your brain doesn't make that connection that your mouth is in slightly the wrong place. Beings like Chorius, the big monster guy strain what the Veil can actually disguise. Visually he looks fine, just a really big dude, but he leaves clawed footprints everywhere and has a massive tail, so he doesn't go hang out at burning man a lot.
*** Also the Veil is a complex and globe spanning system, and there's really no way for unsavoury groups, {{Nazis}}, for example, to get their hands on it. If they discovered it in the first place, they'd have to gain access to the Sigils without anyone knowing about it and update the code in all locations to mask their activities. There's no single artifact which can replicate its effects.
** As hinted at in the comic, the Vampires aligned with the council (to take one example) aren't quite like the vampires of most fiction, in that the ones who insist that humans are livestock and vampires should be able to kill them as they please have for the most part either convinced otherwise or hunted down and killed. It isn't like Lost Girl where half the supernatural population murders humans on the reg. There are almost no deaths caused by them, and humans who are affected by them are unaware of what's happened afterwards, and are usually at worst in need of a glass of orange juice. That might be legally ooky for some people, but the alternative option is for the government to go to war with them and genocide the supernatural population. It's a lesser of evils situation.
** In terms of Sydney's and Max's favourite Superheroes:
*** Sydney probably has too many to single out a single one, but her answer would probably be something like ''"Wolverine from the Chris Clarmont run, issues 180-220, and Deadpool in issues 20-65, and the Amanda Connor Power Girl, and etc etc"'' Given the way comics are written, characters change dramatically DependingOnTheWriter so she'd be specific and comprehensive in her answer.
*** As for Maxima, probably not ComicBook/WonderWoman given [[CasualKink her origins and weakness to being tied up by men]]. And not any of the distaff counterparts of male heroes either, like Supergirl, Batgirl, Batwoman, etc. She'd prefer they not tie themselves to a mans identity that way. Dave really doesn't know.
---> '''Dave:''' "Storm maybe?"
** Maxima would not be happy with a Trump presidency, to the point that she would resign her commission before having to meet him and shake his hand. Dave recognizes that it would actually make an interesting storyline, but he's not going to politicize the comic.
** Dabbler is fascinated with Maxima and wants to be her friend and also loosen her up a bit, [[ShipSinking but she's not in love with her]]. Dave imagines succubi regard love as a tool and a weapon and don't experience it much themselves.
** He doesn't read enough webcomics these days to have a big list to pick of potential fellow Superhero webcomic crossovers from, but could totally see something with ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}''.

* LesYay: Dabbler is... ''very'' open to who she sleeps with, and has set a goal to flirt with Maxima at any opportunity. Also, her breasts (and most other parts that could be considered arousing) are ''literally'' hypnotic. This works apparently regardless of gender or sexuality, as Sydney found out the hard way.

* InternetBackdraft:
** Page 607 raised some in-fandom kerfuffle over Deus' proposal. Being a wealthy, powerful man, some fans drew parallels to the #MeToo-campaign, claiming he was using his power to coerce Sciona to have sex with him. Some even went so far as to accuse the author of transphobia due to Deus' saying Sciona "[[ItMakesSenseInContext hasn't been a female in a long time.]]" Dave was forced to explain himself in TheRant of the very next page, clarifying that while it was certainly shady there was ''no'' coercion -- Sciona could have just gone off to rob a bank to meet his price if she wanted, but she agreed to sleep with him as it was the most efficient and straightforward path to what she wanted.
** Page 735 spawned a severe backlash due to Leon repeatedly being kicked on the head by Sidney and Krona and it being PlayedForLaughs, with readers feeling it leaned too hard on DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale to be funny. Dave's attempt to defend the double standard by claiming violence by men against women was much more common than the other way around only made things worse, with many accusing him of being ridiculously ignorant on the subject.