History Trivia / TheWickedAndTheDivine

* IKnewIt:
** Some fans guessed issue #20's twist that [[spoiler:Baphomet didn't kill Inanna. Ananke did.]]
** Some fans guessed that [[spoiler:Woden was actually David Blake and to a lesser extent, that the Pink/Blue Woden was actually his son, Jon.]]
** Subverted with 1923: People correctly guessed Baal was in this Pantheon, but he wasn't the Black man seen in issue #1.

* PortmanteauSeriesNickmame: The creators actively encouraged the use of [=WicDiv=] for this.

** Some of the T-shirts fans of the gods wear in the comic will be produced in real life, starting with "Lucifer Died for our Sins".
** Dionysus' Yoloo shirt was made as a NYCC exclusive.

** Some fans guess issue #20's twist that [[spoiler: Baphomet did not kill Inanna. Ananke did.]]
** Some fans were able to guess that [[spoiler:Woden is actually David Blake and to a lesser extent, that the Pink/Blue Woden is actually his son, Jon.]]
** Subverted with 1923: People correctly guessed Baal was in this Pantheon, but he wasn't the black man from issue 1.

** On a less humorous note, in 2016 Music/DavidBowie died on close to the same date Luci did, and Music/{{Prince}} shortly after, like Inanna. Gillen himself noted this creepy coincidence.

* WordOfGod: Kieron posts [[http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/tagged/writer-notes writer's notes]] for each issue.

* FanNickname: After a few revelations, especially Issue #35 [[spoiler: Ananke has been referred to as "Minervananke"]].
** Despite Kieron purposefully avoiding her name, [[spoiler: Ananke's sister has earned the nickname [=PersephONE=] for being the original Persephone.]]

* ImageSource
** AndThisIsFor
** FingerSnapLighter

** Despite Kieron purposefully avoiding her name, [[spoiler: Ananke’s sister has earned the nickname [=PersephONE=] for being the original Persephone.]]

* ShoutOut: Look very closely at the posters in Jon's room in #28 and you'll notice some of them are very familiar... There's one of Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2017/03/gits1.jpg one of the original]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/GhostInTheShell1995?from=Anime.GhostInTheShell Ghost In The Shell]], and, of all things, [[https://snsdkorean.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/snsd-2.jpg this photoshoot from]] Music/GirlsGeneration.

* ShoutOut: Look very closely at the posters in Jon's room in #28 and you'll notice some of them are very familiar... There's one of Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2017/03/gits1.jpg one of the original]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/GhostInTheShell1995?from=Anime.GhostInTheShell Ghost In The Shell]], and, of all things, Music/GirlsGeneration.

** Despite Kieron purposefully avoiding her name, [[spoiler: Ananke’s sister has earned the nickname PersephONE for being the original Persephone.]]

* {{Defictionalisation}}: Some of the T-shirts fans of the gods wear in the comic will be produced in real life, starting with "Lucifer Died for our Sins".

* LifeImitatesArt: The designs for the gods are striking and beautiful....several months later, some folks on Twitter noticed that some of the 2015 Eurovision [[https://twitter.com/OOH_JIM/status/602238792620187648 contestants look]] [[https://twitter.com/McKelvie/status/602239906967060480 oddly familiar]].

* 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 ''perpetuators'' of Roman Culture, not destroyers. So in a way, she ''was'' right.

** On a less humorous note, in 2016 Music/DavidBowie died on close to the same date Luci did, and Music/Prince shortly after, like Inanna. Gillen himself noted this creepy coincidence.

** Dionysus' Yoloo shirt was made as a NYCC exclusive

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kieron has stated that all the characters are, to some extent, himself, "and that includes fucking Woden." It's apparently not a comfortable way to write.

* LifeImitatesArt: The designs for the gods are striking and beautiful....several months later, some folks on Twitter noticed that some of the 2015 Eurovision [[https://twitter.com/OOH_JIM/status/602238792620187648 contestants look]] [[https://twitter.com/McKelvie/status/602239906967060480 oddly familiar]].

** Dionysus' Yoloo shirt was then made as a NYCC exclusive

* LifeImitatesArt: The designs for the gods are striking and beautiful....several months later, some folks on Twitter noticed that some of the 2015 Eurovision contestants look]] [[https://twitter.com/McKelvie/status/602239906967060480 oddly familiar]].

* {{Defictionalisation}}: Some of the T-shirts fans of the gods wear in the comic will be produced in real life, starting with "Lucifer Died for our Sins".

{{Defictionalisation}}: Some of the T-shirts fans of the gods wear in the comic will be produced in real life starting with the one for Luci fans.