The Wicked + The Divine
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| Name: | The Wicked + The Divine |
| Abbreviation(s): | WicDiv |
| Creator: | Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie |
| Date(s): | June 2014 - September 2019 |
| Medium: | Print comics |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | Official website |
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The Wicked + The Divine, known for short as WicDiv, is an urban fantasy comic series created by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie. It was published by Image Comics between 2014 and 2019, and received praise from fans and non-fannish critics alike for the diversity of its cast of characters in terms of sexuality, gender and race/ethnicity.
Canon
The canon follows the story of a teenager named Laura Wilson who is a fangirl of the Pantheon, a group of twelve superhumans who have discovered that they are reincarnated deities. The deities are heavily inspired by popular musicians such as Daft Punk, Rihanna, Prince, and David Bowie.[1]
Portrayal of Fandom
Reviewers praised the comic for its positive portrayals of its fannish lead, some chalking it up to Gillen and McKelvie's experiences with Young Avengers fandom:
...Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie treat fandom as a normal part of growing up in WicDiv #1 beginning with our introduction to Laura where she adjusts her look in the mirror trying to look like her new favorite god, Amaterasu. It’s the first in many aesthetic (and later name) changes for Laura and gives off a cosplay vibe, which makes sense because Young Avengers and later WicDiv was famous for its cosplayers thanks to McKelvie’s fashionable, yet functional approach to character design. The Wicked + the Divine is a coming of age comic, and especially this first issue, hones in on Laura trying to figure out who she is through her relationship to the Pantheon...[2]
Fandom
The Wicked + The Divine developed a small-to-medium sized fandom, with close to 150 works in its AO3 tag as of January 2021.
Most fanworks revolve around Laura and/or the Pantheon. As of January 2021, the most commonly tagged ships on AO3 were Lucifer/Laura (F/F), Baphomet/Morrigan (M/F), and Baal/Inanna (M/M).
Fans enjoyed crafting theories about where the story would go, and many of those theories were collected on wicdivtheories on Tumblr.[3]
Fusion crossover fanworks are also common, typically portraying other characters as similarly reincarnated deities.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanart
- Inanna, Queen of Heaven ☆♡☆ by littlebluejaydraws
- Pokemon trainer Sakhmet by gothshostakovich, crossover with Pokemon
- sheer fluff took over by reflectedeve, for the Seeing Color Exchange on Dreamwidth
- The Evolution of Laura Wilson by twatd
- the norns being affectionate by phantomqueen
- thank you team wicdiv for everything by cuchabra
- "You were never my type … until you were.” by reflectedeve
Fanmixes
- FORTUNES by themountainandtheviper
- prophet of faith by havecourage-andbekind
Archives, Communities, and Zines
Archives
- The Wicked + The Divine tag on Archive of our Own
- The Wicked and The Divine tag on 8Tracks
- comic: the wicked plus the divine tag on lgbtincomics
- wicdiv tag on Tumblr
Communities
Additional Links
- WicDiv Fanart tag on Kieron Gillen's Tumblr
- The Wicked + The Divine Spotify playlist by Kieron Gillen