YMMV / Wars of Frozen Flames

• Accidental Innuendo: The pendant on Lord Horace Sylver's necklace during the first three parts of "The Feeble King" was supposed to resemble a bird, but the shape the sprite formed was rather... phallic. Because of this, the pendant on the necklace was changed to that of a star starting with Part IV of "The Feeble King".
• Adorkable:
  • Korrin is not only a caring husband to Jane, but his clumsiness and him calling her "my deliciousness" as a compliment makes him even more endearing.
  • Lord Tusk looks intimidating and is capable of slaughtering thousands of soldiers in the battlefield with ease, but he is also a sensitive guy who likes when people read him bedtime stories.
• Crosses the Line Twice: The prologue of the first episode is full of these. Standouts include King Edrick Koopa IV dying thirty days into his reign as a result of getting infected with the Black Plague, and Prince Joseph being stated to have disappeared under non-suspicious circumstances while he is shown inside his cell lying in a pool of blood.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Lord Birchard Python II, mainly for his Large Ham personality and how he tends to overreact at the most harmless comments, with many people joking that he is the way he is because he is bald, earning him the nickname of "Maldman" among fans.
• Fan Nickname:
  • "Maldman" for Birchard Python.
  • "Sigmund Pastries" for Lord Sigmund Phoenix due to "ductile pastries" being his last words prior to his death.
• Fanon: In spite of Koopa shells being clothing in-universe, virtually every piece of fanart for this series will feature the characters in Medieval clothing rather than just shells.
• Jerkass Woobie: Queen Cynder is an imposing and cruel woman, but it's hard to not feel bad for her. She is stuck in a loveless marriage with King John VI, an incompetent Manchild who finds girls gross and who threw a tantrum when he first saw her because she wasn't blonde, who was abandoned by her lover Blayne the minute Lord Sigmund was imprisoned by Lord Richard, leaving her alone with their bastard son Godwin, who is believed by everyone to be John and Cynder's son. Plus, it's also implied that her father neglected her growing up, as he lied to her about John's personality. Her condescending attitute towards others, and her desire for power are basically the result of her having had to emotionally suffer so much throughout her life.
• No Yay:
  • Rickon and Rose's relationship (and Tobias and Lily's to a lesser extent due to their respective personalities) becomes this once you realize that Rose is the daughter of Rickon's cousin Berwick, meaning that they are first cousins once removed. Granted, this was a very common occurrence during those times.
  • Lord Royce Sturmwolk casually admitting that he would gladly take Adelaide as a mistress if she wasn't his daughter. Yikes.
• Signature Scene:
  • The factions of the nobility pulling their swords on each other during the Loveday Feast.
  • The entire Battle of Whomp City, and within this event, Lord Sigmund's execution.
• The Woobie:
  • Lady Jane Phoenix's husband died in an accident as a result of riding his mustie drunk, leaving her alone with their baby James. Additionally, the egg James was in rendered her sterile when she laid it, so she'll never be able to bear more children. She is told to remarry if she wants to have a source of income, and the law of the time states that she has to give up her son to someone at the service of the crown once she does so. Before her brother-in-law Rodrick steps in and offers to raise James, her only options were with her uncle Sigmund or her cousin Blayne, both unpleasant and self-centered people (the latter even mocked her about her husband's death) and she's afraid of what they might do to him. Things do change for the better for her when she is married off to Lord Korrin Sylver, as he treats her wonderfully and tells her that they'll visit James very often, but the pain of being separated from her only son is still there. Keep in mind, Jane was only fourteen years old when she had James, and her second marriage happened at the age of fifteen.
  • Underneath all of Queen Cynder's cruelty lies a very lonley woman stuck in a loveless marriage to a Manchild of a king, who has no one but her bastard child to keep her company. It's even shown that she really tried to make the best out of her situation, but the years spent with John eventually drove her bitter and short-tempered.
  • Lady Anna Koopa, a carefree and refined yet kind girl, was really looking forward to her wedding and life as the wife of a duke, only to be betrayed and kidnapped by said duke, and handed over to Queen Cynder as a hostage, with the Queen treating her as her personal slave. Cynder even admits that she feels some pity for Anna. That's how you know her situation is really bad.

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