YMMV / Shadow of Israphel

• Broken Base:
  • The animated Israphel videos have caused a broken base in just about every way, to the point that it would be quicker to list how they haven't.
  • Shadow of Israphel in general. It was, depending on your POV, the best thing since sliced bread that should come back, something interesting that ultimately isn't missed too much but would be nice to conclude, or "the only reason fans came to the channel in the first place", with comments such as "SHADOWOFISRAPHELNOWHURRYUP" popping up annoyingly frequently.
• Crosses the Line Twice: The death of Enoch is disgusting, as is the discovery of all his body parts. This is immediately rendered darkly funny when Simon and Lewis begin picking up the body parts and hitting each other with them.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Fumblemore, namely because he blows stuff up and his Precision F-Strike.
  • Um_Bongo is quite popular too, owing to his somewhat stupid nature and funny desire to escape from his master. To the point that he now appears in several Mod spotlights and update videos.
• Evil Is Cool:
  • Israphel gets this for being a badass Knight of Cerebus.
  • Skylord_Vitali is regarded as being one of SOI's creepier villains, and has fans for it.
• Genius Bonus: Israfel in Islamic mythology is an angel who will blow the trumpet that signals the Last Judgement.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • When Lewis and Simon find the Mistral City cemetery, they see a grave marked TotalBiscuit, who died of cancer a few years after the episode aired.
  • When Xephos and Honeydew return to BBQ Bay and find Pirate Tinman has met back up with Isabel, it's revealed Tinman smuggled a bunch of treasure out of the chest in Grimjaw's hold right from under their noses (except for the map fragment, which Jock had actually stolen), getting praised by Isabel (while Xephos and Honeydew are rightfully annoyed). The real Tinman pulled a similar stunt, funneling the Yogscast's ad revenue into his pocket rather than theirs, and paid the price with none of the Yogscast praising him this time.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • When Xephos, Honeydew, and Peculier went into the desert, a few mobs were retextured with a desert theme, among them being zombies. Minecraft would later add its own version of these desert zombies with the introduction of the husks in version 1.10.
  • In addition, the trio discover some weapons during the trek through the desert, with Xephos getting a billhook and Honeydew getting a mace. Years after Shadow of Israphel went into hiatus, Minecraft would finally reveal maces would come to the game in version 1.21.
• It Was His Sled:
  • The fact that Daisy_Duke and Granny_Bacon get captured, and in Granny_Bacon's case killed is pretty much universally known among the fanbase.
  • The fact that Episode 38 has been out for a while, and the fact that idiots don't use spoilers on forums/make spoilerish comments which get thumbed up, means that most people knew that Knight_Peculier died.
  • Most everyone watching the series regularly is at this point almost inevitably aware that the "NPC's" appearing in the main series as well as the other content are acted out by members of the Yogscast and their friends. Lewis even specifically states at one point that Fumblemore is, in fact, Duncan, a.k.a. Yogscast's Lalna/Livid Coffee, with a comment that everyone knows from Simon.
• Jerkass Woobie: The Evil_Honeydew clones, given that they do respect Lewis despite their Axe-Crazy and Mad Bomber tendencies and had no choice in existing the way they did.
• Memetic Badass: Simon is always portrayed as the most badass of the heroes, with Peculier often being ignored and Lewis made out as a Lovable Coward. Especially in fan art, where Simon's dual wielding diamond weapons and slaughtering mobs while Lewis is in the background. Likely influenced by the camera set-up; Simon essentially has to play the stronger role, since for over a year, Lewis was the sole camera man who couldn't do many "action sequences" in the Israphel series and has to take a clean shot of Simon being a hero. But Lewis does tend to hide in the back when he sees monsters...
• Memetic Molester:
  • Simon's creeper voice is used to read off the infamous creeper meme, and later in the series with Mr. Astley's cameo in Stoneholm, read his lines (a Rickroll reference) in that same voice, likely to emphasize how creepers creep around do blow things up.
  • Suffice it to say that Israphel is not portrayed as having healthy tastes, easily shown off with his Faux Affably Evil signs.
• Mis-blamed: The delays for SOI are in part due to the original team moving on to other projects, as well as some mods no longer working with newer versions of Minecraft. Attempts to relaunch it apparently haven't ended well after getting multiple teams to work on it, and Lewis at present has no desire to continue.
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • Israphel crossed this either by burning down the Yogcave, or zombifying Granny_Bacon and then setting off TNT under the church where her funeral was taking place. Most of his minions cross it at some stage, to the point it seems to be an entry requirement.
  • Jock_Fireblast burning down part of Barbecue Bay and the whole of Mistral City is a big example.
  • Skylord_Vitali murdering most of his comrades in incredibly gruesome and nightmarish ways also counts.
  • King_Finbar infecting most of his own settlement and turning them into zombies, even the loyal ones.
• Nightmare Retardant: Episode 38: They find the bloody remains of Enoch after reading a series of increasingly scary notes. Simon is so disgusted he "barfs" out a ton of porkchops...and then Lewis starts complaining about Simon having more porkchops than him. And then they pick up the guy's remains, including his arms and legs and start hitting each other with them. And then there's the whole fiasco with the minecart...which leads to a Mood Whiplash Downer Ending.
• The Woobie:
  • Old/Knight_Peculier may just be the poster boy for this trope. Especially so in Episode 35... Man, oh man...
  • Isabel might also count.
  • Prof_Webley, who was held captive in a cloning facility for months and was barely alive when the duo rescued him. He also gets hurt by a creeper. In episode 41, his shelter is blown up twice, forcing him to retreat into the robot head—his prison—for safety.
  • Abel only appears for a few minutes as a Posthumous Character (seemingly) but easily qualifies for this. He grew up on a farm where he had no way to escape the boredom or poverty his family endured because he wanted to make sure they'd survive. Then the Wizard (not Fumblemore) sells him Strawfingers, and as a result his parents are murdered by the time he returns home.

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