History Webcomic / WaywardSons

* CoolSword: Suras's personal weapon.

* MundaneUtility: When Cassandra finds out Nysus' ability is controlling the very passage of time on any person or object, the first use they give it is to... ferment wine.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Or at least several myths from several different cultures.

* TheAtoner: Both Enki and Permythe.
** [[spoiler:Kronos himself]], as of the aftermath.
*** [[spoiler: Subverted in the Future arc, which shows that he eventually relapses.]]

* BatmanGambit: Suras pulls one on Kronos when [[spoiler:he has Nysus infiltrate Kronos's crew and plant explosives on his ship.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pretty much all the Ulympeans, Especially Hurk.
** Oh, and [[spoiler: Enki, might double as a crowning moment of awesome]]

* CardboardPrison: Arguably, the Tytan.

* ConvenientMiscarriage: Haydez and Sefani find out the hard way that people empowered by the star core can't have children [[spoiler: with each other]].
-->'''Hara''': The best I can tell is that this is a side effect of the star core event. The fetus inherits the energies of both parents and it... just-
-->'''Sefani''': -So the tingling I felt..?
-->'''Hara''': That was the fetus burning itself out.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: A particularly horrible example occurs when Ethaynia [[GroinAttack castrates]] Hermaz in [[DisproportionateRetribution response to a snarky question about her love life]]. Admittedly [[GoodThingYouCanHeal it's not permanent]], but still.
** Later, he has nightmares about it, and it's [[ComedicSociopathy played for laughs.]]
* DreamWeaver: Morfeaz.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: The female Ulympeans do this to infiltrate Kronos's camp.
* DropTheHammer: Hurk's personal weapon, built by [[TheBlacksmith Phastus]].

* FanService: The comic runs on this, as the ads like to point out.
* FlashBack: One of the recent chapters, detailing the events of the civil war.
* GeniusDitz: Hermaz

* GravityMaster: Hermaz
* GreenThumb: Metre's powers.
* TheGunslinger: Airez
* HalfHumanHybrid: Apparently [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], half Torsian and half human.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Permythe]]

* LargeHam: Kronos.

* MadScientist: Again, Chu
* MakingASplash: Also part of Saiden's powers.

* MineralMacGuffin: The Star Core, now hidden in the hilt of Suras' CoolSword.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Permythe]]. Then [[spoiler: [[DoubleAgent subverted]].]]

* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: S'ket is a [[CatGirl Panthean/Nemean hybrid]].

* OhMyGods:
--> ''By the fates!''
* PersonalityPowers: It's not clear exactly what determines which powers someone ends up with, but it seems to be tied in to the individual's existing skills, though even this doesn't seem to always be the case. A few examples;

* PsychicNosebleed: Luneptis, when she uses her powers to make an illusory ''army''.

-->'''Cassie:''' It's as if she has no past, present or future. There are too many possibilities! '''''Too much chaos!'''''
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Kronos's Royal Guard.
** [[spoiler: Who then, apparently, are [[TheMole the moles]].]]

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: The Syrene

* WordOfGod: word by word:
-->'''Wizbenny''': I will go ahead and state now that in NO WAY will Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, or Confucius will be related to or born from the Ulympeans or Tytans in any way, shape, or form. LOL.

StarkNakedSorcery: Cassandra has the power to invoke prophetic holograms, which generate huge amounts of heat. Thus, she does her prophecy stuff [[http://waywardsons.keenspot.com/d/20100713.html in the water, naked]].

* ButNotTooBlack: Hurk.

** Most frequent on-screen use of Hara's power of [[BalefulPolymorph retroactive genetic modifications]]? ''Cosmetic surgery.'' Hara herself advises against using powers so frivolously.

* ShoutOut: One story arc has [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the incredible Hurk]] turned green as a disguise.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The cast page lists more than thirty important charcaters, and it's not even complete yet.

* FiveManBand:
** The main Ulympeans:
*** TheHero: Suras
*** TheLancer: Hermaz
*** TheBigGuy / TheLancer: Hurk
*** TheSmartGuy: Ethaynia
*** TheChick: Temis
** For the Tytans:
*** BigBad: Kronos
*** TheDragon: Typhon. Both literally and figuratively.
*** TheEvilGenius: Doctor Chu [[spoiler:until Ethaynia and Hestya kill him.He got better]].
*** TheBrute: Baal/Fehn
*** TheDarkChick: Pawn

* EnthrallingSiren: The Syrene.

* ShockAndAwe: The powers of Suras.

-->'''Hermaz''': Now we're stuck in [[StarWars a galaxy far, far away]] from our homes.

* {{Telepathy}}: Permythe's power.
* TimeMaster: Nysus' powers.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Typhon and Ekidna.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Permythe]]. Then [[spoiler: [[DoubleAgent subverted]].]]

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* FiveManBand: The main Ulympeans:
** TheHero: Suras
** TheLancer: Hermaz
** TheBigGuy / TheLancer: Hurk
** TheSmartGuy: Ethaynia
** TheChick: Temis
* FiveBadBand: For the Tytans:
** BigBad: Kronos
** TheDragon: Typhon. Both literally and figuratively.
** TheEvilGenius: Doctor Chu [[spoiler:until Ethaynia and Hestya kill him.He got better]].
** TheBrute: Baal/Fehn
** TheDarkChick: Pawn

* ShoutOut: One story arc has [[TheIncredibleHulk the incredible Hurk]] turned green as a disguise.

* UnwantedAssistance: Subverted. When Enki "aids" H'Mbawa fighting Hurk and his group he is more of a hassle than a help, but turns out his intention was avoiding harm to the Ulympean crew.* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Blowing up an entire planet of innocents and causing a civil war is justifiable in the face of the threat of a race that may or may not return from the [[TailorMadePrison dimension it got stuck on]].

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Blowing up an entire planet of innocents and causing a civil war is justifiable in the face of the threat of a race that may or may not return from the [[TailorMadePrison dimension it got stuck on]].

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: A particularly horrible example occurs when Ethaynia [[GroinAttack castrates]] Hermaz in [[DisproportionateRetribution response to a snarky question about her love life]]. Admittedly [[GoodThingYouCanHeal it's not permanent]], but still.
** Later, he has nightmares about it, and it's [[ComedicSociopathy played for laughs.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: Apparently [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]].

** Oh, and [[spoiler: Enki, Might double as a crowning moment of awesome]]

* ShoutOut:

** TheDragon: Fehn

* StopHelpingMe: Subverted. When Enki "aids" H'Mbawa fighting Hurk and his group he is more of a hassle than a help, but turns out his intention was avoiding harm to the Ulympean crew.

* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: The ENTIRE FUTURE ARC, which received a huge amount of backlash from fans for being an AssPull ShockingSwerve of the entire theme of the series, turns out to be just a dream Cassandra had (which, ironically, is considered even MORE of an AssPull by the fandom to try and RetCon their way out of a poorly thought out arc.)]]

* StopHelpingMe: Subverted. When Enki "aids" H'Mbawa fighting Hurk and his group he is more of a hassle than a help, but turns out his intention was avoiding harm to the Ulympean crew.