History YMMV / TheBeyonders

* TearJerker: Most of ''Chasing the Prophecy'', especially the character deaths. Great prongs of Dendalus. This troper was reduced to InelegantBlubbering several times.

* TearJerker: Most of ''Chasing the Prophecy'', especially the [[KillEmAll character deaths]]. Great prongs of Dendalus. This troper was reduced to InelegantBlubbering several times.

* NightmareFuel: The torivors. Shadow creatures that look like [[UncannyValley featureless]] [[HumanoidAbomination humans]]. They generally won't harm you directly unless you attack them (in which case they can, and will, defend themselves), instead opting to stalk you ceaslessly. When you sleep, they invade your dream and give you nightmares, often impersonating people you know. And when you wake up, chances are good that they'll be ''standing right over you''. Then there's the fact that they aren't from Lyrian or Earth, but from another reality altogether.

* MagnificentBastard: Maldor has read the EvilOverlordList and all variations thereof, and knows to act on them. The Key Word? [[spoiler:It doesn't work. He himself set it up to find the best people to rule with him.]] The reason that Beyonders are the hero is that [[SpannerInTheWorks they can't be predicted]], unlike ''everyone else''.
** Maldor is ''such'' a Magnificent Bastard that [[spoiler: by Chasing the Prophecy, Rachel has become paranoid that Maldor somehow secretly planted their prophecy in the Oracle's mind and is giving them the runaround yet again. Such an act would be so perfectly in character for Maldor that none of the heroes can come up with a convincing argument that he hadn't done just that.]] [[spoiler: He hadn't.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Rachel heating the water to help fight off the gruillion, climbing the cliff at Whitelake, unmaking Orruck... basically, every time Rachel refuses to become the NeutralFemale.
** Jason standing up to Nollin at the beginning of ''Chasing the Prophecy''. "You're free to dream however you wish," Nollin teased. "But don't ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic--" "Then don't ask us to share your weakness!" Jason interrupted.
** The last few chapters in Chasing the Prophecy revolving around Nedwin.
*** A bit of related FridgeBrilliance: earlier, we saw [[spoiler: Darian's message, which, among other things, stated that if Jason was reading this, Lyrian was for the moment safe from the plague of Ebera. But how can that be, when Nedwin clearly risked just that later? Conclusion: ''[[HeroicWillpower Darian saw no possibility of Nedwin losing control]]''.]]

* FridgeHorror: When the Prophetess of Mianamon takes Nedwin's hand in order to better understand him, she drops it and says "In my long years, I've never sensed such suffering." Which speaks for itself. But remember, this is a ''prophetess'' who was able to [[spoiler: see into an ''entirely different reality'' in order to help in the war against Maldor]]. And even counting all those billions of people and pasts and futures, she's never seen someone who's had to deal with what Nedwin does.

*** "Are you afraid to die?" ... [[spoiler: Ferrin]] paused. [[spoiler:Tark]] glimpsed something in his eye, a quiet struggle to remain in control. Maybe a hint of worry. "Yes, if I'm being honest. But we all have to go. I was trying to think of a better way than this. I couldn't."

** Maldor is ''such'' a Magnificent Bastard that [[spoiler]]by Chasing the Prophecy, Rachel has become paranoid that Maldor somehow secretly planted their prophecy in the Oracle's mind and is giving them the runaround yet again. Such an act would be so perfectly in character for Maldor that none of the heroes can come up with a convincing argument that he hadn't done just that.[[/spoiler]] [[spoiler]]He hadn't.[[/spoiler]]

** Maldor is ''such'' a Magnificent Bastard that [spoiler]by Chasing the Prophecy, Rachel has become paranoid that Maldor somehow secretly planted their prophecy in the Oracle's mind and is giving them the runaround yet again. Such an act would be so perfectly in character for Maldor that none of the heroes can come up with a convincing argument that he hadn't done just that.[/spoiler] [spoiler]He hadn't.[/spoiler]

* TearJerker: Most of ''Chasing the Prophecy'', especially the character deaths. Great prongs of Dendalus. This troper was reduced to InelegantBlubbering several times.

** [[spoiler:Ferrin]]'s death was hard to take as well, particularly because he's been unsure of himself for so long. And what motivates his HeroicSacrifice? "[[spoiler:[Jason, Rachel, and Galloran will] never know about this decision. They'll never know how much their friendship meant to me. But I will, and that's enough.]]"

** And then there are the ones that actually hunt you down. There has been one, and only ''one'' person who has survived a torivor actually hunting him down and engaging him in combat...Galloran, roughly the biggest badass in this series. And he claims he was lucky.

* NightmareFuel: The torivors. Shadow creatures that look like [[UncannyValley featureless]] [[HumanoidAbomination humans]]. They generally won't harm you directly unless you attack them (in which case they can, and will, defend themselves), instead opting to stalk you ceaslessly. When you sleep, they invade your dream and give you nightmares, often impersonating people you know. And when you wake up, chances are good that they'll be ''standing right over you''. Then there's the fact that they aren't from Lyrian or Earth, but from another reality altogether.

* NightmareFuel: The torivors. Shadow creatures that look like [[UncannyValley featureless humans]]. They generally won't harm you directly unless you attack them (in which case they can, and will, defend themselves), instead opting to stalk you ceaslessly. And when you sleep, they invade your dream and give you nightmares. And when you wake up, chances are good that they'll be ''standing right over you''.

* NightmareFuel: The torivers. Shadow creatures that look like [[UncannyValley featureless humans]]. They generally won't harm you directly unless you attack them (in which case they can, and will, defend themselves), instead opting to stalk you ceaslessly. And when you sleep, they invade your dream and give you nightmares. And when you wake up, chances are good that they'll be ''standing right over you''.