History Literature / NecessaryEvil

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Gretel's exile; the island is too windswept to allow wildflowers to grow (Gretel's hobby), and the last words of both Marshes are to inform Gretel that her brother Klaus is dead.]]

%%* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Gretel, and twice to add insult to injury; once, when the interference of two timelines stops her predicting that Liv would be rescued from the bombing of Coventry, and finally when she has her wires removed by both Marshes at the end of the story.]]

%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Gretel, when she realizes that she no longer has perfect control of the timeline.]]

%%* MadnessMantra

%%* IRejectYourReality: After 7000 heartbeats in close proximity to an Eidolon, Marsh[[subscript:2]] starts losing his grip on how reality actually works.

%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Gretel's exile; the island is too windswept to allow wildflowers to grow (Gretel's hobby), and the last words of both Marshes are to inform Gretel that her brother Klaus is dead.]]
%%* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Gretel suffers a VillainousBreakdown on discovering Liz survived the bombing of Coventry.]]
%%* TheMole: Will becomes this for Marsh[[subscript:1]] in Milkweed.

%%* MyFutureSelfAndMe: 2 × Raybould Marsh.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Marsh[[subscript:1]] misses a chance to contact Will because he turns up at the police station in response to a call that his billfold has been stolen, tells the police it must be a practical joke (as he still has his 1940's billfold), then leaves without even looking at the mysterious stranger who was caught with it. His Milkweed boss tears strips off him for this when it's later assumed that Marsh[[subscript:1]] is a German spy. Marsh[[subscript:1]] later sleeps in, missing his second and last chance to intercept Will before he recruits the warlocks.
%%* NoYay (InUniverse) whenever Gretel hits on either Marsh.
%%* RealityWarper: The Eidolons. Shown in detail when Will summons an Eidolon for Marsh[[subscript:2]] in Berlin.

%%* TeleFrag: Marsh[[subscript:1]] kills the twins this way.
* TimeTravelersAreSpies: Marsh[[subscript:1]] ends up in wartime London with another man's wallet and no period currency. Naturally, he's suspected of being a German spy.
%%* TrustPassword: Needed to enter Milkweed. Fortunately for Marsh[[subscript:1]], they're the same as in his timeline.

* AlternateHistory: Another alternate history - an in-universe alternate timeline from the alternate history of ''{{Literature/Bitter Seeds}}''. In this one, Gretel makes sure the war mostly plays out like in ''our'' history.
* AlternateTimeline: Gretel's plan was to create a timeline in which the Eidolons do not kill her or humanity.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Gretel, and twice to add insult to injury; once, when the interference of two timelines stops her predicting that Liv would be rescued from the bombing of Coventry, and finally when she has her wires removed by both Marshes at the end of the story.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Gretel, when she realizes that she no longer has perfect control of the timeline.]]

* MadnessMantra

* IRejectYourReality: After 7000 heartbeats in close proximity to an Eidolon, Marsh[[subscript:2]] starts losing his grip on how reality actually works.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Gretel's exile; the island is too windswept to allow wildflowers to grow (Gretel's hobby), and the last words of both Marshes are to inform Gretel that her brother Klaus is dead.]]
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Gretel suffers a VillainousBreakdown on discovering Liz survived the bombing of Coventry.]]
* TheMole: Will becomes this for Marsh[[subscript:1]] in Milkweed.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: 2 × Raybould Marsh.

* NoYay (InUniverse) whenever Gretel hits on either Marsh.
* RealityWarper: The Eidolons. Shown in detail when Will summons an Eidolon for Marsh[[subscript:2]] in Berlin.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
* StableTimeLoop: ... sort of. When Marsh[[subscript:1]] tries to shoot Marsh[[subscript:2]] in the knee and ''fails'', their knee pain suddenly goes away.
* TeleFrag: Marsh[[subscript:1]] kills the twins this way.

* TrustPassword: Needed to enter Milkweed. Fortunately for Marsh[[subscript:1]], they're the same as in his timeline.
* TheUriahGambit: Marsh[[subscript:1]] steals the blood samples of the warlocks and puts it in the box used for the teleportation, so the warlocks will be unexpectedly transported (along with the commando team) to the war zone, where he can more easily arrange their demise.

The third and final book of ''TheMilkweedTriptych''.

* TheUriahGambit: Marsh[[subscript:1]] steals the blood samples of the warlocks and puts it in the box uses for the teleportation, so the warlocks will be unexpectedly transported (along with the commando team) to the war zone, where he can more easily arrange their demise.