WicDiv reread
Feb. 10th, 2019 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stellahibernisI've been sick for the last few days, enough that I couldn't go to work on Thursday and Friday, and I spent most of my waking time reading The Wicked + the Divine again/catching up with it. I've been following the comic almost from the beginning, but I recently fell behind a bit, because I prioritized time during the fall. It's at the final arc now, and I've been meaning to do a reread just to remind myself, so now with the unexpected time I did just that. It was nice too to actually open the hardcover edition of arcs five and six finally:D I got it right after it was published in December, one for me and one for my sister, and it just made it in time so I could put it in her Christmas parcel, but my own I just stashed next to the other two.
Anyway, WicDiv is a comic I love a lot (look, I even capped an icon for it), and definitely recommend reading, if the concept is something you're interested in. Their blurb from the website as follows:
However, I'll also advice that it's rated M for reasons that are mostly more sinister than just dicks (although there is a scene involving a couple of happy ones), if it were a fic there'd be a whole bunch of content warnings, and definitely archive warnings for graphic violence and MCD (incidentally, I'll be happy to talk more about these with anyone who's interested but cautious).
The reasons why I love it are plentiful, including very good writing by Kieron Gillen, very good story for that matter, beautiful art by Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson (yes I'm including the colorist, because that's a big reason why the comic is so great), a diverse cast when it comes to both ethnicity as well as gender and sexual identity, and that all of this is handled in a very thoughtful manner, without judgment or putting people on pedestal, they're all just people (who happen to get divine powers for two years). Kieron Gillen often says it's a comic of problematic people doing problematic things, and this is a prime example of the principle that depicting isn't endorsement, they're also called out for the problematic stuff within the text. Also it just keeps getting better, it started very well, but the scope of the story is quite staggering, and it could have collapsed on itself if handled less well, but it all sticks together.
I also took a look into fandom, and was surprised there are less than 150 fics on AO3. Obviously the amount of readers is nothing like a popular tv show or such, but that still seemed a small number, considering the canon itself is so fascinating and diverse.
I was even more surprised there were lest than ten fics of Baal/Inanna (Inanna is in my icon btw), because their story of canonical love and the very well depicted complications is usually catnip to ficcers. The surprise lasted about two seconds before I remembered fandom tends to be racist and this is two men of color, so. I almost feel like it's my duty to add to that number, and I even might, although only after the comic has ended.
Anyway, WicDiv is a comic I love a lot (look, I even capped an icon for it), and definitely recommend reading, if the concept is something you're interested in. Their blurb from the website as follows:
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. Welcome to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, where gods are the ultimate pop stars. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.Like I said it's at the final arc after beginning in 2014, there are four issues to go and the last one should be out in June, so it's a pretty good time to jump in and read the previous 41 (+ 6 specials).
However, I'll also advice that it's rated M for reasons that are mostly more sinister than just dicks (although there is a scene involving a couple of happy ones), if it were a fic there'd be a whole bunch of content warnings, and definitely archive warnings for graphic violence and MCD (incidentally, I'll be happy to talk more about these with anyone who's interested but cautious).
The reasons why I love it are plentiful, including very good writing by Kieron Gillen, very good story for that matter, beautiful art by Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson (yes I'm including the colorist, because that's a big reason why the comic is so great), a diverse cast when it comes to both ethnicity as well as gender and sexual identity, and that all of this is handled in a very thoughtful manner, without judgment or putting people on pedestal, they're all just people (who happen to get divine powers for two years). Kieron Gillen often says it's a comic of problematic people doing problematic things, and this is a prime example of the principle that depicting isn't endorsement, they're also called out for the problematic stuff within the text. Also it just keeps getting better, it started very well, but the scope of the story is quite staggering, and it could have collapsed on itself if handled less well, but it all sticks together.
I also took a look into fandom, and was surprised there are less than 150 fics on AO3. Obviously the amount of readers is nothing like a popular tv show or such, but that still seemed a small number, considering the canon itself is so fascinating and diverse.
I was even more surprised there were lest than ten fics of Baal/Inanna (Inanna is in my icon btw), because their story of canonical love and the very well depicted complications is usually catnip to ficcers. The surprise lasted about two seconds before I remembered fandom tends to be racist and this is two men of color, so. I almost feel like it's my duty to add to that number, and I even might, although only after the comic has ended.
