Awesome Music: According to many professional and amateur critics, pretty much all of their material in some way or another, but This Godless Endeavor receives special mention — as that album is basically Nevermore taking their know-how to the absolute zenith. As mentioned in the Main, it topped "Album of the Year" and "Album of the Decade" lists. Chances are it'll go down as one of the all-time classics.
Broken Base: Subverted. When Jeff Loomis started talking about using a 7-string, a lot of people thought they were going Nu-Metal. Then they dropped Dead Heart in a Dead World.
Played somewhat straight with Enemies of Reality, which garnered a mixed reception from fans due to its relatively short length and simpler song structures.
Contested Sequel: The Obsidian Conspiracy was this when it was released, and while there were a few tracks that most fans could rally behind, the general consensus was that it was a watered-down, filler-laden album that focused way too much on hooks and had little actual meat to it. The only thing that time has really done for it is providing more context as to why it turned out the way it did; the band's effective breakup less than a year after it was released made it clear that they had not been a functioning band for a while, and the slapdash and phoned-in feel of the album was very likely due to the band being obligated to put something new out to tour on so they could pay their bills even though few, if any of them wanted to be there.
Serial Escalation: A few examples already marked on this page, but Jeff Loomis' technical skill as a guitarist can only be described as this. Also, the exponential increase in heaviness and aggression from Dead Heart in a Dead World to This Godless Endeavor is this. The former arguably hit its peak with his solo material; even to this day, "Jato Unit" is still infamous for being unbelievably difficult to play on guitar, and it is slowly beginning to become a rite-of-passage song for aspiring shredders.
Stuck in Their Shadow: The rest of the band started to become this near the end in comparison to Jeff Loomis. They were all extremely talented musicians in their own right, but by that point, Loomis had already become THE face of modern shred guitar, more or less. As much as they had all tried to avoid it, public perception of the band had basically become "Jeff Loomis and some other guys".
Tear Jerker: Dane's final performance (an acoustic performance on a Brazilian TV show) was depressing. He was gaunt, deathly pale, and generally looked like a zombie, and while he was clearly doing his best, his voice was thin and audibly broke whenever he tried to enunciate notes more aggressively. While none of them knew that he would be dead just a few weeks after the performance, the man was visibly in very poor health and clearly did not have much time left either way.
Funny Moments: Lenore briefly attempts to scale the side of the Academy by turning her blankets and sheets into a rope. That night, she is forced to sleep on a bare mattress with the sheet-rope wrapped around her.
Hilarious in Hindsight: The show Wednesday was released later the same year as the comic started, and also feature a supernatural "Nevermore Academy"; protagonists who are two girls/young women, one with dark hair and a raven theme, the other blonde (and the characters in Wednesday, while not canonically in a relationship as of season 1, are frequently shipped); and frequent references to Edgar Allan Poe.
Annabel Lee is a Pragmatic Hero who cruelly manipulates her friends. She's also a young woman who was killed on her wedding day and had her trauma exploited by the Deans on the first day at Nevermore to show the class how Spectres work. When she's led to believe that Lenore has been sent to the Land of the Dead, she begins openly weeping.
Ada is a Jerkass, but it's hard not to feel bad for her when she's left completely oblivious to the fact that her supposed best friend is manipulating her and her crush despises her. The reveal of her hidden insecurities and mistreatment at the hands of Montressor only add to her woobieness.
Memetic Loser: Fan works tend to portray Ada as failing at anything she tries.
Memetic Mutation: Annabel's Needlepoint Traumaexplanation In episode 43, Annabel goes on a rant about the monotony of housekeeping. She repeatedly brings up needlepoint as a point of frustration and gets increasingly irritated as she does. Fans have jokingly interpreted this as needlepoint being Annabel's Berserk Button.
Getting Montressor's name wrong, calling him "Montitties" or "Mon" followed by any word that starts with a T, is also a popular meme
Calling Ada a "girlfailure", the opposite of a "girlboss"
Moral Event Horizon: If Montressor doesn't cross it when he humiliates and threatens Morella and Ada, his Mind Rape of Lenore would certainly do it.
One-Scene Wonder: The two students that Prospero kills in episode 59 have received a surprising amount of attention, based on their cute designs and touching friendship. Some fans have even nicknamed them "Victims 1 and 2"
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Ada started out as a Jerkass who bullied Lenore for her perceived lower status. She also seemingly complicated Lenore and Annabel Lee's relationship by being a Toxic Friend Influence to Annabel. It later became clear that Annabel is the one manipulating Ada, and Ada reaches out to Lenore with a genuine offer of friendship before Montressor threatens her and she reverts back to bullying. Ada's Hidden Depths and Woobie status have significantly endeared her to fans.
Shipping: Lenore/Annabel Lee is of course very popular, but a significant portion of the fanbase ships Lenore with Ada instead. Ada is also popularly shipped with Morella, based on their close relationship following orientation. Pluto is often shipped with either Duke or Eulalie, while Eula is also shipped with Berenice.
