History YMMV / SongsOfWar

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After biweekly releases of the episodes with views decreasing ''sharply'' with every video coming out until Episode 5, the series went on a brief hiatus in order to drum up support. In addition to this, the episodes were released weekly in order to get more people interested in the series and not lose focus of what's happening in the story.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In one of the bloopers, Ria throws the spear she got from Senn towards him and it impales him. Fast forward to Episode 6, which ends with [[spoiler: Tygren Voltaris killing Thalleous Sendaris in the exact same way, just from behind.]]

* FoeYay:
** Ever since their first interaction in Episode 4, Abbigail/Jalkar has gained a following for some reason, despite their aforementioned first interaction being them fighting. The two have had an antagonistic relationship with each other for the entire first season, so it's a wonder why the Abbigail/Jalkar ship even exists. This died down as Season 1 progressed, and the pairing quickly became obsolete.
** The popularity of Thalleous/Tygren didn't take a big hit even from [[spoiler:Tygren killing Thalleous]], and it's only been growing after it was acknowledged by the creators in the episode 6-10 bloopers. To this day, it still remains as one of the show's most popular ships.

* {{Woobie}}: Senn. He was orphaned at a very young age, and no one was willing to adopt a clanless child besides Osivian. At the end of Episode 5, [[spoiler:his home, Sendaria, is burned down, with no sign of his family or his adopted sister Ria, who he was close to.]] In Episode 6, [[spoiler:his friend and mentor, Thalleous, dies, and Senn is forced to escape Sendaria to avoid getting killed by the Voltaris, and he is now alone in the world, distraught and grieving. Though he thankfully makes a friend in Igneous in the next episode, this is after the prejudice and apathy from the people of Hogtown, who refuse to help look for survivors from Sendaria.]] Someone give this guy a hug.

** Lucidius for being [[AffablyEvil quite friendly despite being a villain]], as well as being the nicest Voltaris we've seen so far. Many fans hope that he will join the heroes' side in later seasons.

** Ever since their first interaction in Episode 4, Abbigail/Jalkar has gained a following for some reason, despite their aforementioned first interaction being them fighting. The two have had an antagonistic relationship with each other for the entire first season, so it's a wonder why the Abbigail/Jalkar ship even exists.
** The popularity of Thalleous/Tygren didn't take a big hit even from [[spoiler:Tygren killing Thalleous]], and it's only been growing after it was acknowledged by the creators in the episode 6-10 bloopers.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Lucaniika for Lucan/Niika, Senndaria for Senn/Ria, Thallgren for Thalleous/Tygren, and Didesinger for the Deathsinger/the Tidesinger.

* AngstWhatAngst: Thalleous doesn't mention anything about [[spoiler: Hawken's death]] onscreen after it happens in the first episode. [[spoiler: Episode 9 however, shows that he did mention Hawken to Zulius Kaltaris, in the TimeSkip between Episode 1 and 2.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After biweekly releases of the episodes with views decreasing ''sharply'' with every video coming out until Episode 5, the series went on a brief hiatus in order to drum up support. In addition to this, the episodes are going to be released weekly in order to get more people interested in the series and not lose focus of what's happening in the story.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Jalkar. Some fans ignore his villainous actions and paint him as a victim who didn't deserve what happened to him and kept being relentlessly hunted down by Abbigail for no reason. Even when he arguably crossed the MoralEventHorizon ([[spoiler:abandoning Grim]], he was excused by them.

* MemeticBadass: Mr. Finch can and will kill anyone who forgot to harvest the sugar cane. He even successfully fought against the Deathsinger in a one-on-one duel.

* MoralEventHorizon: Ingressus crossed this when he willing [[LesCollaborateurs allied himself and the Voltaris with the Nether King Chronos,]] which triggered The Great War, and nearly brought the Ardoni species to extinction.

** [[spoiler:Thalleous' death. Dear god, ''Thalleous' death''. He goes up against multiple Voltaris, [[OneManArmy all by himself]], and just as he looks like he's about to succeed, he gets stabbed through the stomach. Seeing him fall to the ground as the lights leave his body and his Songs return to solid form near him was heartbreaking.]]

* {{HSQ}}:
** Episode 6: [[spoiler:'''Tygren killed Thalleous!!!''']]
** Everything that happened in Episode 10 could count: [[spoiler:Thalleous has a surviving brother, Galleous, who agrees to train Senn to fight against the Voltaris, The Dragon Egg hatches, the first Ender Dragon to have done so in over a century, The Necromancers have begun their invasion of Felden, and '''The Deathsinger never died, having travelled forward in time, TO THE PRESENT.''' And everything the Voltaris has done has been the plan of the Deathsinger this whole time.]]

* Abbigail. Is she a kind, yet naive, girl who believed that she was doing the right thing but ended up going on a darker path? Or did she have an ulterior motive and was using Jalkar and Grim as an excuse to get what she wanted out of life, and snapped when things didn't go to plan?

** Jalkar has this effect on the fans. This may be due to the fact that he had an interesting dynamic with his partner Grim (a fan favourite) and the way he fights, being very skilled and showy with his knife and having awesome fights because of his competence with it.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Abbigail. Is she a kind, yet naive, girl who believed that she was doing the right thing but ended up going on a darker path? Or did she have an ulterior motive and was using Jalkar and Grim as an excuse to get what she wanted out of life, and snapped when things didn't go to plan?

*** Relating to the above, comparing Thalleous to [[Series/GameOfThrones Ned Stark]], as both were the main protagonist in an EnsembleCast who were [[spoiler:killed off early in their respective series.]]

** Ever since their first interaction in Episode 4, Abbigail/Jalkar has gained a following for some reason, despite their aforementioned first interaction being them fighting. The two have had an antagonistic relationship with each other for the entire series, so it's a wonder why the Abbigail/Jalkar ship even exists.

* FoeYay: Ever since their first interaction in Episode 4, Abbigail/Jalkar has gained a following for some reason, despite their aforementioned first interaction was them fighting. The two have had an antagonistic relationship with each other for the entire series, so it's a wonder why the Abbigail/Jalkar ship even exists.

** Everything that happened in Episode 10 could count: [[spoiler:The Dragon Egg hatches, the first Ender Dragon to have done so in over a century, The Necromancers have begun their invasion of Felden, and '''The Deathsinger never died, having travelled forward in time, TO THE PRESENT.''']]

* DracoInLeatherPants: Jalkar. Some fans ignore all of his villainous actions and paint him as a victim who didn't deserve what happened to him and kept being targeted by Abbigail for no reason. Even both moments where he arguably crossed the MoralEventHorizon([[spoiler:abandoning Grim and killing Sam]])were excused by them.

* {{HSQ}}: [[spoiler:'''Tygren killed Thalleous!!!''']]

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The entire series is one of the best Minecraft animations on [=YouTube=] as of today, with the fight scenes at the forefront of these incredible visuals.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Jalkar. Some fans ignore all of his villainous actions and paint him as a victim who didn't deserve what happened to him and kept being hunted down by Abbigail for no reason. Even when he crossed the MoralEventHorizon ([[spoiler:abandoning Grim]]), he was excused by them.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Jalkar. Some fans ignore all of his villainous actions and paint him as a victim who didn't deserve what happened to him and kept being hunted down by Abbigail for no reason. Even when he crossed the MoralEventHorizon ([[spoiler:abandoning Grim]]), he was excused.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Jalkar. Some fans ignore all of his villainous actions and paint him as a victim who didn't deserve what happened to him and kept being targeted by Abbigail for no reason. Even both moments where he arguably crossed the MoralEventHorizon([[spoiler:abandoning Grim and killing Sam]])were excused by them.

** Tygren Voltaris, is he really an evil being wanting to finish what his predecessor (the Deathsinger) started? Or is he a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to save his clan from extinction? His dialogue with Thalleous in the first episode also hints that his rage against the other clans is also a bid for {{Revenge}}, since he knows how much Thalleous hunting his kind has affected them, showing hints of ThenLetMeBeEvil.
* AngstWhatAngst: Thalleous doesn't mention anything about [[spoiler: Hawken's death]] after it happens in the first episode.

* BetterOnDVD: It's much better seeing the series in one marathon, rather than waiting several days (and previously ''weeks'') for the next episodes.

** The Voltaris clan, and the leaders in particular could be considered this, since the Voltaris are currently on the verge of extinction and the leaders (Ingressus and later Tygren) were trying to keep them alive as best they could.

** Jalkar has this effect on the fans. This may be due to the fact that he had an interesting dynamic with his partner Grim (a fan favorite) and the way he fights, being very skilled and showy with his knife and having awesome fights because of his competence with it.

** The Voltaris clan are made out to be evil exiles of the Ardoni clans (and they sort of are), but the fact that they are nearing extinction and attempting to prevent it causes them to be sympathetic.

* BrokenBase: How much did [[spoiler:Jalkar deserve to die?]] Was it completely uncalled for, or did he deserve it for everything he's done?

MemeticMutation:

** Comparing Abbigail to [[Film/JohnWick John Wick]], since both [[spoiler:killed the man who was responsible for the death of their dog.]]

** Jalkar has this effect on the fans. This may be due to the fact that he had an interesting dynamic with his partner Grim ( a fan favorite) and the way he fights, being very skilled and showy with his knife and having awesome fights because of his competence with it.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The deaths of both Hawken and Eddy, who were geniunely good people who did nothing wrong and were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hawken especially, as he died trying to defend his friend Thalleous.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mr Finch was supposed to come off as a protective, grandfatherly figure to Abbigail, not the lying douchebag he's shown as in his debut episode. He does show his intended purpose in Episode 4 however. Abbigail is supposed to come off as a determined girl looking for adventure and taking back the egg, yet some fans argue that she is a farmer girl with no training and plot armor who unrealistically defeated Jalkar and Grim, while being greedy for the egg because she views herself as more than a farmer girl. She is disliked by Jalkar fans for [[spoiler:killing Jalkar. They argue that Sam killed himself by dragging Jalkar off the cliff.]] However, Abbigail is also liked by other fans, so she is controversial.

** Jalkar Bowmani, is he really an evil criminal who [[spoiler: deserved to die?]] Or is he merely a mercenary who was after money and wealth? He did spare Mr. Finch and Abbigail after they fought, making a decision to knock them out instead of killing them. Some fans argue that after this, Abbigail relentlessly pursued him and Grim for the egg they stole that wasn't hers, shooting them with her bow repeatedly while they just ran and avoided her. Eventually, he gets tired of it and [[spoiler:goes after Abbigail. After Jalkar defeats her, her dog Sam proceeds to drag Jalkar off the cliff, essentially sacrificing himself to save Abbigail. Abbigail then proceeds to kill Jalkar mercilessly, because her dog died because of Jalkar. However, fans argue that Jalkar didn't kill Sam and that Sam killed himself.]]

** Jalkar Bowmani, is he really an evil criminal who [[spoiler: deserved to die?]] Or is he merely a mercenary who was after money and wealth? He did spare Mr. Finch and Abbigail after they fought, making a decision to knock them out instead of killing them. Some fans argue that after this, Abbigail relentlessly pursued him and Grim for the egg they stole that wasn't hers, shooting them with her bow repeatedly while they just ran and avoided her. Eventually, he gets tired of it and [[goes after Abbigail. After Jalkar defeats her, her dog Sam proceeds to drag Jalkar off the cliff, essentially sacrificing himself to save Abbigail. Abbigail then proceeds to kill Jalkar mercilessly, because her dog died because of Jalkar. However, fans argue that Jalkar didn't kill Sam and that Sam killed himself.]]