History VisualNovel / WickedWillow

''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1187600/Wicked_Willow/ Wicked Willow]]'' is a QueerRomance VisualNovel by T.F. Wright (whose previous work includes co-creating ''VisualNovel/ThePiratesFate''), released on June 2, 2020.

The story focuses on Willow, a judgmental atheist with a tragic past, who has awakened innate magical powers after a brush with death. However, despite her newfound power as a "wicked" witch, her situation (and attitude) struggles to improve. She's joined on her journey by her best friend Avery, too-cheery Christian Lydia, self-appointed mentor Tanya, nun-turned-succubus Xarsi, and an annoying talking cat named Shadow.

* ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem: It's stated right on the store page that every choice will cause a new branch in the story. Subverted in [[spoiler: Lydia's ending; she uses her AntiMagic powers to block the consequences, allowing Willow to prevent the end of the world]].

* TrappedInTVLand: Or rather, trapped by a wish in Avery's [[MagicAmpersand Dryads & Demons]] game.

* HornyDevils: Xarsi.

* TalkingAnimal: Shadow. He immediately and freely admits to [[BalefulPolymorph being cursed into that form]].

* IllGirl: Avery; the store page's example of a story branch (and one of the earliest in-story decisions) is whether to try to cure Avery's failing liver with magic, to rewrite the health insurance documents, or just have Avery live with you so the cost isn't an issue.

You're Willow, a wicked witch, trying to make her way in the world in 1993. Who is Willow? She's a judgy vegan. An Atheist who says she wears a cross "ironically." A sad soul with a tragic past. A brush with death has awakened Willow's powers, but don't expect her attitude to improve. Along for the journey is Avery, Willow's environmentalist best friend, Xarsi, a nun-turned-succubus, Tanya, a self-appointed mentor with a secret past, and Lydia, an Evangelical Christian whose cheery attitude puts her on Willow's bad side.

Also, there's a talking cat named Shadow. He never shuts up.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:The entire game is ultimately one, in an endless GroundhogDayLoop, but most notably there's the explanation for where Xarsi came from: she's fictional, but after being wished into existence in one route, she shows up in another specifically because Willow and Tanya set here there for the next go-around.]]

* ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem: It's stated right on the store page that every choice will cause a new branch in the story.

* IllGirl: Avery; the store page's example of a story branch (and one of the earliest in-story decisions) is whether to try to cure Avery's failing liver with magic, to rewrite her health insurance, or to just have her live with you so she's able to afford treatment herself.

* IllGirl: Avery; the store page's example of a story branch (which also sheds light on Willow's personality) is whether to try to cure Avery's liver with magic, to rewrite her health insurance, or to just have her live with you so she's able to afford treatment herself.

* NotQuiteTheRightThing: All over the place, both played straight and zigzagged. Every use of magic ''can'' backfire, and numerous seemingly innocent choices (like [[spoiler:healing Avery's liver]] have negative consequences for at least some people.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:The entire game is ultimately one, in an endless GroundhogDayLoop, but most notably the explanation for where Xarsi came from: she's fictional, but after being wished into existence in one route, she shows up in another specifically because Willow and Tanya set here there for the next go-around.]]

* TalkingAnimal: Shadow. He immediately and freely admits to being cursed into that form.
* TrappedInTVLand: Or rather, trapped by wish in Avery's [[MagicAmpersand Dryads & Demons]] game.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Willow's brush with death awakens her before-unknown magical powers.

* TalkingAnimal: Shadow.

* IllGirl: Avery; the store page's description of a story branch (which also sheds light on Willow's personality) is whether to try to cure Avery's liver with magic, to rewrite her health insurance, or to just have her live with you so she's able to afford treatment herself.

* NunTooHoly: Xarsi, who still wears robes covered in crosses even after her conversion.

* TalkingAnimal: Shadow.