History YMMV / Erfworld

** [[spoiler: Allowing an air force to move out of an enemy city's airspace without the move to do so by having the riders kill their dragons in midair and fall into the city proper (to be reanimated by the aforementioned Croakamancer). This doesn't sound like much, but in practice, it means that instead of being sitting ducks for a turn's worth of target practice, they were able to engage and sack the city.]]

* BaseBreaker: The fandom is divided on whether Jillian is a full-out MarySue, or merely an annoying git.

* FridgeBrilliance: One of the first things that Parson says when he really starts getting into the Chief Warlord job is "[[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F031.jpg And I always did like to play the bad guys]]". And, sure enough, his maneuvers include [[spoiler:[[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F131.jpg breaking a truce]]]].

* TearJerker: Jillian and Vinny's reaction to Ansom's death. "Hey, you're the only one grievin' right now, right? Right?! IZZAT WHAT YOU THINK?"
** [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=/116a.jpg This]] is either one, or narrowly avoids it by virtue of snarky hamster.
** A subtle one, but poignant when one takes the Summer Updates into account: in panel 13 of [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2011-03-04.jpg this]] update, a portrait of a lady we have not seen before is visible over Don King's shoulder. Instead of being an obvious [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Transilvitian]], however, she has red hair, skin that isn't grey, and dresses in orange as opposed to the normal monochrome of Transylvito. Conclusion? [[FridgeBrilliance This was Queen Bea of Unaroyal, a close friend of Don's who disbanded herself and her entire side when Wanda beat down the door.]] This is in a panel where Don tries to convince his Moneymancer accountant to be true to her ideals in vain.
** King Slately asking Don King for a loan so he can make Tramennis his heir.
*** And Don, [[http://www.erfworld.com/2011/04/book-2-%E2%80%93-page-59/ preparing]] to break the news that he can't indulge his old friend's last request.
**** Bunny's heartbroken face at seeing the Don and Caesar at odds a few panels before only adds to it.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Wanda]] is sprinting towards this hard and fast, while [[spoiler: Parson]] is trying to get as far away from this as possible.
** Olive Branch is almost single-handedly responsible for making the prequels much darker than the main storyline. Arguably, she made Wanda into the cynical, manipulative psychopath she is.

** [[spoiler: Allowing an air force to move out of an enemy city's airspace without the move to do so by having the riders kill their dragons in midair and fall into the city proper (to be reanimated by the aforementioned Croakamancer). This doesn't sound like much, but in practice, it means that instead of being sitting ducks for an entire turn's worth of target practice, they were able to engage and sack the city.]]

** In Book 0, one might be able to forgive Olive Branch for killing Tommy, as this is a world of war. One might even be able to forgive her for wiping Goodminton out for the same reason. But on page 50, we discover that Overlady Dorothy is trapped in a garden of addictive flowers, her teeth rotting out and skin like paper. Olive Branch is controlling her side by ''supplying the Ruler with drugs''.

** A subtle one, but poignant when one takes the Summer Updates into account: in the most recent update (as of 3/6/11) a portrait of a lady we have not seen before is visible over Don King's shoulder. Instead of being an obvious [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Transilvitian]], however, she has red hair, skin that isn't grey, and dresses in orange as opposed to the normal monochrome of Transylvito. Conclusion? [[FridgeBrilliance This was Queen Bea of Unaroyal, a close friend of Don's who disbanded herself and her entire side when Wanda beat down the door.]] This is in a panel where Don tries to convince his Moneymancer accountant to be true to her ideals in vain.

** Olive Branch is almost single-handedly responsible for making the prequels much darker than the main storyline.

** [[spoiler: Allowing an air force to move out of an enemy city's airspace without the move to do so by having the riders kill their dragons in midair and fall into the city proper (to be reanimated by the aforementioned Croakamancer).]]

** [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=/116a.jpg This]] is either one, or narrowly avoids it by virtue of snarky hampster.

** King Slatley asking Don King for a loan so he can make Tramennis his heir.

* King Slatley asking Don King for a loan so he can make Tramennis his heir.

** A subtle one, but poignant when one takes the Summer Updates into account: in the most recent update (as of 3/6/11) a portrait of a lady we have not seen before is visible over Don King's shoulder. Instead of being an obvious [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Transilvitian]], however, she has red hair, skin that isn't grey, and dresses in orange as opposed to the normal monochrome of Transylvito. Conclusion? [[FridgeBrilliance This was Queen Bea of Unaroyal, a close friend of Don's who disbanded herself and her entire side when Wanda beat down the door.]] This is in a panel where Don tries to convince his Moneymancer accountant to be true to her ideals in vain.