History Literature / Everworld

** Worse yet: it's implied that this [[hottip:* : [[spoiler: magic-powered seduction]]]] is how the Wales family has reproduced for untold generations, and Senna may be descended from Morgan La Fey.

** And that's not to mention the Wales family; both members that appeared in the series have a serious case of MoralMyopia, and it's implied in the ninth book that [[spoiler:Senna was conceived when her mother used magic to seduce her father, just as Senna is doing to ''David'' in the series]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Holy manslaughter [[spoiler: and sororicide]], April.

* CainAndAbel: Senna and April. But in this case, [[spoiler:April, the good sister, kills Senna, the evil one]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Holy manslaughter, April.

* ''Understand the Unknown'' (2000)

-->-- '''[[HotWitch Senna]]'''

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Played with. [[SnakesAreEvil Jormungandr]], and Merlin's Dragon are both serious threats to the cast and cause them problems (espeically that second one). Nidhoggr and Sobek on the other hand, both make useful allies of convenience.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This series has a lot of violence, sexual references, curses, homophobia and alcoholism. So naturally it was displayed by stores and libraries in the children's section.

* RapeIsOkWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Averted Senna's degree of control over David is portrayed very creepily and not at all okay. That being said, David never really seems to mind or blame her, and doesn't even make an effort to not be under her constant control until the end of the fifth book. From Senna's perspective, this isn't so much "rape is okay when a female is doing it" so much as "[[MoralMyopia rape is okay as long as I'M the one doing it to someone else]]."

* FoeYay: Jalil and Senna, particularly in the two books Jalil narrates.

* {{Jerkass}}: Senna is a colossal one. If there was a trope called, "Crowning Moment of Jerkass," she'd have about a dozen. Keith is even worse, and Senna decides that he's a natural choice for her [[TheDragon chief minion]] as a result.

* MommyIssues: Both subverted and played straight. Senna's mom was generally a nice person ([[ManipulativeBitch well]], [[SmugSnake sort]] [[ItsAllAboutMe of]]) who did want her daughter to be safe, but was too overwhelmed. [[spoiler: However, it was precisely her absence that caused her daughter's start of darkness, because Senna considered it ParentalAbandonment.]] Others would probably find her situation sympathetic; [[MoralMyopia Senna doesn't]].

* TheIshmael: Arguably, the core four themselves represent the Ishmael to Senna.

* BlackShirt: The [[spoiler:Sennites]]. Christopher describes them as a bunch of "hopelessly fried, [[{{Columbine}} Klebold-Harris]] wannabes."

* RapeIsTheNewDeadParents: [[spoiler: David, whose wish to be a "capital-M Man" stems largely from shame due to being molested as a kid at a summer camp.]]

** ThirtyXanatosPileUp: With Senna, Merlin, Loki, Ka Anor, Athena, Jalil, and every one of Everworld's other major players all putting their own plans in motion, this was more or less inevitable.

Sister series to ''{{Animorphs}}'' written by KAApplegate and published by Scholastic between 1999 and 2001.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Essentially, it was a darker and edgier take on a lot of what made ''{{Animorphs}}'' popular. And that wasn't the most cheerful series to start with.

* {{Expy}}: Senna is a genderswap of the ''{{Animorphs}}'' [[ManipulativeBastard David]], April is [[ActionGirl Rachel]] and [[TheChick Cassie]] together, David is what would happen if [[TheWoobie woobie]] [[JumpedAtTheCall Tobias]] took [[TheHero Jake's]] role, Jalil is a human [[TheSpock Ax]], and Christopher is the GenreSavvy [[DeadpanSnarker Marco]]. This even extends to the secondary characters - Merlin is a mortal and vulnerable [[BigGood Ellimist]], Ka-Anor is the [[BiggerBad new]] [[OmnicidalManiac Crayak]], and Loki is what you would get if [[TheCaligula Visser]] [[LargeHam Three]] was sane.

** Interestingly, David ([[SixthRangerTraitor the one from]] {{Animorphs}}) exhibits a similar tic.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Senna thinks Hel is nuts. Even the other gods think Ka Anor is nuts, as is lampshaded by Christopher.

** Conversely, the core four are not above exploiting Senna's need for control to their own advantage. Jalil is especially adept at it.

* {{Expy}}: Christopher was a thinly-veiled expy of Marco from {{Animorphs}}, but more of a jerk and with an odd [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold honorable]] streak.
** Arguably, though, ''Jalil'' was the true expy, inheriting much of Marco's intelligence and insight.
** I'd say David is at least partly Jake.
*** More like a Jake wannabe.
** I'd say they're all expies: Senna is a genderswap of the ''{{Animorphs}}'' [[ManipulativeBastard David]], April is [[ActionGirl Rachel]] and [[TheChick Cassie]] together, David is what would happen if [[TheWoobie woobie]] [[JumpedAtTheCall Tobias]] took [[TheHero Jake's]] role, Jalil is a human [[TheSpock Ax]], and Christopher is the GenreSavvy [[DeadpanSnarker Marco]]. This even extends to the secondary characters - Merlin is a mortal and vulnerable [[BigGood Ellimist]], Ka-Anor is the [[BiggerBad new]] [[OmnicidalManiac Crayak]], and Loki is what you would get if [[TheCaligula Visser]] [[LargeHam Three]] was sane.

* TheChessmaster: Senna and Merlin. A good chunk of the first ten books is made up of the two of them trying to out-manuever one another. [[spoiler:Senna escapes him in their first three encounters, but comes off worse in their fourth]].

* EldritchAbomination: The ever chaning Ka Anor. He's witnessed once, and all the kids can really remember is an all-powerful sense of revulsion.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the words of Christopher, [[CaptainObvious Ka Anor is bad]].

The series is about [[FourTemperamentEnsemble four teenagers with opposing personalities]] TrappedInAnotherWorld, where all of the classical polytheistic gods, demons and legendary heroes from various mythologies fled when people stopped worshiping them in the "Old World." While dealing with [[ImmortalImmaturity lunatic gods]] and [[BigCreepyCrawlies insect aliens]], they must find a way back to the Old World. Unfortunately, the only person who might be able to help them return is Senna, the [[HotWitch witch]] who brought them to Everworld and shows up from time-to-time to either [[BigDamnVillains save their lives]] or travel with them and lend her magic to help. However, Senna has her own goals and plans for Everworld, and is [[SelfishGoodSelfishEvil more interested in bringing them to fruition]] than helping the rest of the group, and may be [[MagnificentBastard following a master plan darker than any of them could ever guess]].

* AntiHero: Senna is a Type V.
* AntiVillain: Loki can be seen as this, as one can definitley understand his reasonings.

* AxeCrazy: Neptune, Hel, [[PsychoForHire Keith]], and possibly [[spoiler: Senna in the 11th book]].

* CainAndAbel: Senna and April. But in this case, [[spoiler:April, the ''good'' sister, kills Senna, the "evil" one]].

** Defied by Senna, who ''repeatedly'' tells them that taunting Cthulhu is a very bad idea. The page quote is given by her after the core four flip off the African deities, which Senna thinks is outright stupid and unnecessarily risky. [[spoiler:And she's right, as illustrated in the eighth book.]]

* TheDragon: Merlin has an actual Dragon, Senna has [[spoiler:Dawkins]] to act as her [[NumberTwo second-in-command]] and [[spoiler:[[PsychoForHire Keith]]]] as her primary physical crony. Judging from what Eshu says in Book 8, the Orisha (demi-gods) play this role to the Great High Gods of the African myth the group wandered into on their way to Egypt.

* ItsAllAboutMe[=/=]MoralMyopia: Senna and her mother. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the tenth book by David.

* {{Jerkass}}: Oh, Senna, you. If there was a trope called, "Crowning Moment of Jerkass," she'd have about a dozen. Keith is even worse, and Senna decides that he's a natural choice for her [[TheDragon chief minion]] as a result.

** [[HesJustHiding They're Just Hiding]]: Then again, this ''is'' Everworld. The laws of death may differ.

* OutGambitted: The end of ''Inside the Illusion'' is basically one [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] and one SmugSnake against a MagnificentBastard.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Senna is a powerful witch in her own right, but her powers don't look that impressive next to Merlin, Loki, Hel, Ka Anor or any of the other people who are out to get her. [[spoiler: Her recruitment of Keith and company is an attempt (largely successful) at rectifying the situation]]. Merlin himself suffers from this in comparison to the [[PhysicalGod gods]], as do heroic humans like [[KnightInShiningArmour Galahad]] and Finn [=McCool=]. As for the core four (who are competent enough by early in the series to be much more than {{innocent bystander}}s, they suffer from it when compared to just about everyone.

* RapeIsOkWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Senna's degree of control over David is portrayed very creepily and not at all okay. That being said, David never really seems to mind or blame her, and doesn't even make an effort to not be under her constant control until the end of the fifth book. From Senna's perspective, this isn't so much "rape is okay when a female is doing it" so much as "[[MoralMyopia rape is okay as long as I'M the one doing it to someone else]]."

* TookALevelInJerkass: Senna gradually becomes colder and more antagonistic each time she appears, which can be attributed to her revealing more of her true personality. Her actions in the eleventh book are perhaps the most [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope extreme]] example.