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* EasyEvangelism: Sometimes, nobody has to do anything to convert somebody

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* EasyEvangelism: Sometimes, nobody has to do anything to convert somebodysomebody.
* [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Everything Sounds More Satanic In French]]: In ''Battle With the Witches'', French is branded as a "Satanic language."



* ForTheEvulz: The only reason the Satanists do anything.



* GratuitousRape: The random rape scene in ''The Evil Gods I''.



* InsaneTrollLogic: The closest description we have to the utter anti-logic presented throughout this series.



* ScaryAmoralReligion: Jerry's "sect" of Christianity is arguably this. They may preach a whole lot about "good" and "evil," but these morals are hardly recognizable as such by any philosophy. Good is only good because God (and the author) Says So, not because it benefits anybody or makes one a better person. Meanwhile, "evil" translates to "anybody who is slightly different than us."

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* ScaryAmoralReligion: Jerry's "sect" of Christianity is arguably this. They may preach a whole lot about "good" and "evil," but these morals are hardly recognizable as such by any philosophy. philosophy and make no sense if one thinks about them. Good is only good because God (and (that is to say, the author) Says So, not because it benefits anybody or makes one a better person. Meanwhile, "evil" translates to "anybody who is slightly different than us."
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* AuthorAvatar: Jerry most likely is this.


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* EasyEvangelism: Sometimes, nobody has to do anything to convert somebody


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* HonorRelatedAbuse: When Jerry is told that Mary cheated on him with Percy, he immediately kills her without even considering if it might be true or not.


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* OffWithHisHead: Jerry's main method of killing besides stoning people to death.


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* StayInTheKitchen: How women are generally reguarded throughout the fic.

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* '''{{HYPOCRITE}}''': Our heroes in the worst sense of the word. The best example is when Jerry denounces what OsamaBinLaden did - even though he's guilty of the exact same thing!

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* '''{{HYPOCRITE}}''': Our heroes in the worst sense of the word. The best example is when Jerry denounces what OsamaBinLaden did - even though he's guilty of Also see the exact same thing!DoubleStandard entries



* UnintentionallySympathetic: The villains come across as lovable losers or regular people
** UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: ...And our heroes come across as serial killers

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* OutOfCharacter: Every canon character
* OffstageVillainy: Very rarely do the villains do anything evil in front of our faces. The worst example is when they claimed to be behind both World Wars, but never even explained how they did it.



* PrayerOfMalice: One of Jerry's methods of killing off his enemies.

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* PrayerOfMalice: One of Jerry's methods of killing off offing his enemies.enemies, when he's not throwing rocks at them or cutting their heads off.


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* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry
* UnintentionallySympathetic: The villains come across as lovable losers or regular people
** UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: ...And our heroes come across as serial killers

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Are you not a Christian? Are you gay or in a bisexual relationship? You get either stoned to death or beheaded. [[TakeThatCritics And if you're a representation of someone Thomas doesn't like]], your fate can get worse.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Are you not a Christian? non-Christian? Are you gay or in a bisexual relationship? You get either stoned to death or beheaded. [[TakeThatCritics And if you're a representation of someone Thomas doesn't like]], your fate can get worse.



** GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion, because aborting a fetus is wrong. Except in OsamaBinLaden's case, as his mother should have aborted him. Also, it's perfectly okay to "abort" innocent adults and teenagers, especially if they're not Christian.



* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Naturally, Mary does this.

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Naturally, Mary does this.this when she decides not to keep her baby.



* '''{{Hypocrite}}''': Our heroes in the worst sense of the word. The best example is when Jerry denounces what OsamaBinLaden did - even though he's guilty of the exact same thing!

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* '''{{Hypocrite}}''': '''{{HYPOCRITE}}''': Our heroes in the worst sense of the word. The best example is when Jerry denounces what OsamaBinLaden did - even though he's guilty of the exact same thing!



* PrayerOfMalice: Jerry's main method of killing his enemies.

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* PrayerOfMalice: One of Jerry's main method methods of killing off his enemies.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Although ''not'' in the way the author [[VillainProtagonist intended.]]
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* {{Anticlimax}}: For starters, in''Threat of Satanic Communism'', Mary points a gun to Lennon at the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 12 picks up with the Prayer Warriors burning the coliseum to the ground, revealing then and there that Lennon was killed.

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* {{Anticlimax}}: For starters, in''Threat in ''Threat of Satanic Communism'', Mary points a gun to Lennon at the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 12 picks up with the Prayer Warriors burning the coliseum to the ground, revealing then and there that Lennon was killed.



* CreatorBreakdown: Starting from Chapter 11 in ''The Evil Gods Part 1'' on.

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* CreatorBreakdown: Starting from Chapter 11 the beginning in ''The Evil Gods Part 1'' on.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Are you not a Christian? You get either stoned to death or beheaded. And if you're a representation of someone Thomas doesn't like, your fate can get worse.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Are you not a Christian? Are you gay or in a bisexual relationship? You get either stoned to death or beheaded. [[TakeThatCritics And if you're a representation of someone Thomas doesn't like, like]], your fate can get worse.



** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BookObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and the aforementioned Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".

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** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BookObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and the aforementioned Arcadiarika, there called "Rika". What's even weirder about this is that Rika is the only character who doesn't suffer a quick death, ending up killed at the end of Chapter 16.

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* FollowTheLeader: To ''{{Fanfic/My Immortal}}'', not helping its case due to the sheer number of similarities this series has to the fanfic. WordOfGod states that all those references were done unintentionally.



* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{Fanfic/My Immortal}}'', not helping its case due to the sheer number of similarities this series has to the fanfic. WordOfGod states that all those references were done unintentionally.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: In ''Battle With the Witches'', Voldemort tells Draco to kill Michael, or he'll kill Ebony. This is never touched upon again.
* {{Anticlimax}}: For starters, in''Threat of Satanic Communism'', Mary points a gun to Lennon at the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 12 picks up with the Prayer Warriors burning the coliseum to the ground, revealing then and there that Lennon was killed.


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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{Fanfic/My Immortal}}'', not helping its case due to the sheer number of similarities this series has to the fanfic. WordOfGod states that all those references were done unintentionally.
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* TakeThat: In ''Battle With the Witches'' and ''Threat of Satanic Communism'', the Prayer Warriors sometimes fight--[[CurbStompBattle and win]]--against representations of the people who badmouthed the fics.
** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BookObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and liveblogger/Troper Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".

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* TakeThat: TakeThatCritics: In ''Battle With the Witches'' and ''Threat of Satanic Communism'', the Prayer Warriors sometimes fight--[[CurbStompBattle and win]]--against representations of the people who badmouthed the fics.
** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BookObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and liveblogger/Troper the aforementioned Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".
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* AndThatsTerrible



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Happens to anyone in Jerry's way. In the very first chapter of ''The Evil Gods I'', we have Grover getting eaten alive by locusts.



* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Naturally, Mary does this.



* '''{{Hypocrite}}''': Our heroes in the worst sense of the word. The best example is when Jerry denounces what OsamaBinLaden did - even though he's guilty of the exact same thing!



* PoesLaw: It's really hard to tell if this is a TrollFic or not. While the author denies being a troll repeatedly (but then again, so do most trolls), there are so many over-the-top Christian stereotypes that it's hard NOT to believe he's a troll out to offend religious people.

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* PoesLaw: It's really hard to tell if this is a TrollFic or not. While the The author denies being a troll repeatedly (but then again, so do most trolls), and there's a lot of people who also claim he's not. But there are so many over-the-top over-the-top, offensive Christian and Republican party stereotypes that it's hard NOT to believe he's just a troll out to offend religious people.people and conservatives.
* PrayerOfMalice: Jerry's main method of killing his enemies.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The villains, though they're closer to StupidEvil

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* AltumVidetur
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The villains, though they're closer to StupidEvil[[StupidEvil Always Stupid Evil]]



* DeathIsCheap: Thanks to [[PlotHole plot holes]], people suddenly come back from dead. Grover is the worst offender in ''The Evil Gods I''.
* DirtyCoward: What does Jerry do when the bad guys accidentally tell him that TheMole is going to kill him? Run and hide in the next town, leaving his friends and pregnant wife behind to potentially get killed instead.



* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid

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* LawfulStupidChaoticStupidLawfulStupid: The heroes, though they border on LawfulEvil

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Take every negative stereotype of Christianity ever, and ramp it up BeyondTheImpossible. You've got our heroes. Remember that whole "Forigve Thy Neighbor" and "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thing Jesus loved to talk about so much? Well acording to the author it apparently translates to "Murder Everyone Who Believes Anything Even Slightly Different In The Most Barbaric Fashion Imaginable."



** Females in general are placed considerably lower than males in society throughout the series.

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** Females in general are placed considerably lower than males in society throughout the series. For example, when Percy Jackson himself randomly decides to convert, Jerry welcomes him into the fold with open arms. But when a random woman came to Jerry all teary-eyed and wanting to convert, he kills her on the spot.



* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: Remember that whole "Forigve Thy Neighbor" and "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thing Jesus loved to talk about so much? Well acording to the author it apparently translates to "Murder Everyone Who Believes Anything Even Slightly Different In The Most Barbaric Fashion Imaginable."

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The villains, though they're closer to StupidEvil



* [[GoodIsNotNice Good Is Utterly Despicable]]



* HollywoodSatanism: Take every negative stereotype of Satanism ever, and ramp it up BeyondTheImpossible. You've got the villains in the story.



* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid



* [[SmallNameBigEgo Small Name Ego Roughly Twice The Size Of Jupiter]]

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* [[SmallNameBigEgo Small Name Ego Roughly Twice The Size Of Jupiter]]Jupiter]]: Just for starters, this guy has ''Jesus'' praising him for writing this fic in his author's notes!
* StrawCharacter: Everybody, including the heroes. In fact, this fic could be called, "TheWarOnStraw: The Fanfic"

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* TheFundamentalist: EVERYONE, including the villains who willingly worship "false gods" because GoodIsBoring.



* KnightTemplar: The main heroes. [[VillainProtagonist If you could even call them that.]]

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* KnightTemplar: The main heroes. [[VillainProtagonist heroes, to levels that would even sicken and/or scare the hell out of JackChick. [[CompleteMonster If you could even call them that.]]



* PoesLaw: It's really hard to tell if this is a TrollFic or not. The author denies being a troll (but then again, so do most trolls), but there are so many exaggerated Christian stereotypes it's hard to believe he's actually serious.

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* PoesLaw: It's really hard to tell if this is a TrollFic or not. The While the author denies being a troll repeatedly (but then again, so do most trolls), but there are so many exaggerated over-the-top Christian stereotypes that it's hard NOT to believe he's actually serious.a troll out to offend religious people.



* ScaryAmoralReligion: Jerry's "sect" of Christianity is arguably this. They may preach a whole lot about "good" and "evil," but these morals are hardly recognizable as such by any philosophy. Good is only good because God (and the author) Says So, not because it benefits anybody or makes one a better person. Meanwhile, "evil" translates to "anybody who is slightly different than us."



* TheFundamentalist: To levels that would even sicken JackChick.
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** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BooksObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and liveblogger/Troper Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".

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** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of [=BooksObsesserNumberOne=], [=BookObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and liveblogger/Troper Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".

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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]] {{Tropers/Arcadiarika}} has also liveblogged the first two stories, and is currently working on the third; you can read them [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13208528280B41180100 here]], [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13213828660B59300200 here]], and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13232121840B84002500 here]].

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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]] {{Tropers/Arcadiarika}} has also liveblogged the first two stories, and is currently working on the third; three stories; you can read them [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13208528280B41180100 here]], [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13213828660B59300200 here]], and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13232121840B84002500 here]].



* CurbStompBattle: The Prayer Warriors always deliver one against the villains.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Are you not a Christian? You get either stoned to death or beheaded. And if you're a representation of someone Thomas doesn't like, your fate can get worse.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In ''Threat of Satanic Communism'', Rika delivers one to Jerry before he gets killed. Bizarre, considering that all other representations and villains get [[CurbStompBattle the opposite treatment.]]



** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of Books and liveblogger/Troper Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".

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** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of Books [=BooksObsesserNumberOne=], there called "Books", and liveblogger/Troper Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".
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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]] {{Tropers/Arcadiarika}} has also liveblogged the first two stories, and is currently working on the third; you can read them [[ here]], [[ here]], and [[ here]].

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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]] {{Tropers/Arcadiarika}} has also liveblogged the first two stories, and is currently working on the third; you can read them [[ [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13208528280B41180100 here]], [[ [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13213828660B59300200 here]], and [[ [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13232121840B84002500 here]].
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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]]

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You can see the Author's page, which lists the stories, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2978425/BelieverInChrist here.]]]] {{Tropers/Arcadiarika}} has also liveblogged the first two stories, and is currently working on the third; you can read them [[ here]], [[ here]], and [[ here]].



* CreatorBreakdown: On Chapter 11

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* CreatorBreakdown: On Starting from Chapter 1111 in ''The Evil Gods Part 1'' on.



** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of Books and liveblogger/Troper ''Arcadiarika'', there called "Rika".

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** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of Books and liveblogger/Troper ''Arcadiarika'', Arcadiarika, there called "Rika".
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*VillainProtagonist: Our "heroes" ruthlessly and remorselessly murder innocent people for daring to not share their narrow, hate-filled views on the world. [[OsamaBinLaden Sound]] [[ThoseWackyNazis familiar?]]
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* [[SmallNameBigEgo Small Name Ego Roughly Twice The Size Of Jupiter]]
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* KnightTemplar: The main heroes.

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* KnightTemplar: The main heroes. [[VillainProtagonist If you could even call them that.]]



* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever

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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForeverYouFailReligiousStudiesForever: Remember that whole "Forigve Thy Neighbor" and "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thing Jesus loved to talk about so much? Well acording to the author it apparently translates to "Murder Everyone Who Believes Anything Even Slightly Different In The Most Barbaric Fashion Imaginable."
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*TheFundamentalist: To levels that would even sicken JackChick.

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* PoesLaw: This fic contains so many exaggerated Christian stereotypes that it's really hard to tell if it's a TrollFic or not. The author repeatedly denies being a troll, but so do most trolls.

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* PoesLaw: This fic contains It's really hard to tell if this is a TrollFic or not. The author denies being a troll (but then again, so do most trolls), but there are so many exaggerated Christian stereotypes that it's really hard to tell if it's a TrollFic or not. The author repeatedly denies being a troll, but so do most trolls.believe he's actually serious.
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* PoesLaw: This fic contains so many exaggerated Christian stereotypes that it's really hard to tell if it's a TrollFic or not. The author repeatedly denies being a troll, but so do most trolls.
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** It's a terrible sin to kill a Christian, but atheists and heathens? It's a sin NOT to kill them!
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So far, four stories of ''The Prayer Warriors'' has been written:

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So far, four stories of ''The Prayer Warriors'' has have been written:



* CreatorBreakdown

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* CreatorBreakdownCreatorBreakdown: On Chapter 11
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* TakeThat: In ''Battle With the Witches'' and ''Threat of Satanic Communism'', the Prayer Warriors sometimes fight--[[CurbStompBattle and win]]--against representations of the people who badmouthed the fics.
** ''Threat of Satanic Communism'' is especially bad about it, because it has Benry killed twice, then Idiosy, and it includes two new representations: those of Books and liveblogger/Troper ''Arcadiarika'', there called "Rika".

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Apparently, Soviet Russia was ruled by ''[[EpicFail John Lennon]]''.
* BuryYourGays: In ''The Evil Gods I'', the heroes murder two lesbians in Aphrodite's temple.


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* ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt: In ''The Evil Gods I'', the heroes come across a girl being raped while [[CurbStompBattle steamrolling across Camp Half-Blood]]. She's screaming, which means she isn't enjoying it–which is lucky for her, or else she would have been [[KickTheDog convicted of adultery]] and ''[[DisproportionateRetribution stoned to death]]''.


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* SexIsEvil: {{Anvilicious}}ly stated in almost every fic.
* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever

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