History YMMV / Fables

** In ''Happily Ever After'', [[spoiler:Rose Red pretty much soars into this, planning to fulfill an ancient curse that says she or Snow has to kill the other in order to inherit the family's magical power. If it weren't enough that she happily intends to go through with it, she also plans to do it by ''controlling Bigby'' into killing her, and apparently also their ''children.'' Then, if all that wasn't bad enough she planned on using said magic ring to seduce Bigby into falling in love with her, essentially ''RAPING'' him, AND kill everyone in both the farm (which she used to lead with grace) and Fabletown in case anyone was going to interfere with her plans. The fact that she's being fueled by hoards of powerful and evil spirits might imply that her mind has been corrupted which led to the dramatic FaceHeelTurn. If not, there's no excuse left for her actions this time.]] Ultimately a SubvertedTrope in this case: [[spoiler:Rose decides that considering Snow has had children of both genders, the curse can be or has been broken, so she decides to ScrewDestiny and leave her be, making amends with her and promising they can write one another]].

* AssPull: When [[spoiler: the Adversary is finally defeated and captured, the heroes choose to ''not'' kill him.]] The reason given basically boils down to wanting to show that they have the moral high ground. Keep in mind, this is [[spoiler: ''the Adversary'', a man who has killed countless billions of innocent people across numerous worlds.]] It’s hard to imagine a situation where they don’t have moral superiority over him.

** Goldilocks and the Colin's cousins [[spoiler: murdering Colin for undermining their revolution]].
** In ''Happily Ever After'', [[spoiler:Rose Red pretty much soars into this, planning to fulfill an ancient curse that says she or Snow has to kill the other in order to inherit the family's magical power. If it weren't enough that she happily intends to go through with it, she also plans to do it by ''controlling Bigby'' into killing her, and apparently also their ''children.'' Then, if all that wasn't bad enough she planned on using said magic ring to seduce Bigby into falling in love with her, essentially ''RAPING'' him, AND kill everyone in both the farm (which she used to lead with grace) and Fabletown in case anyone was going to interfere with her plans. The fact that she's being fueled by hoards of powerful and evil spirits might imply that her mind has been corrupted which led to the dramatic FaceHeelTurn. If not, there's no excuse left for her actions this time.]] Ultimately a SubvertedTrope in this case: [[spoiler:Rose decides that considering Snow has had children of both genders, the curse can be or has been broken, so she decides to ScrewDestiny and leave her be, making amends with her and promising they can write one another]].
* SeasonalRot:
** The series ran into this after the "The Dark Ages" arc with the much maligned "The Great Fables Crossover", which had barely anything to do with the ongoing plots of the series and had a really inconsistent tone. Several arcs afterwards were better received, such as "Cubs in Toyland", but the series otherwise never really recovered, with many resolutions being very anti-climatic.

** [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain Mr. Dark's death]].]]

** In some ways, [[spoiler: Darien Wolf is wasted because, as he said, he was only a kid and didn't get a chance to do much. While he did a HeroicSacrifice, was the storyline with the toys necessary in the long run?]]

** For much of the series Bigby maintains his status under the General Amnesty via generous LoopholeAbuse. Notably, he swears to kill numerous people, but then declares his vengeance suspended until some unknown later time. It seems like those Fables would have been obvious targets when he CameBackWrong. Instead, he's [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Colin and Boy Blue.]]
* UnintentionallySympathetic:

** Flycatcher. [[spoiler: His entire family was murdered before his eyes -- with his wife and eldest daughter gang-raped before they were killed -- while he was powerless to do anything since his curse had turned him back into a frog at the worst possible moment. The trauma caused his mind to suppress the horrendous memory, and he spent centuries believing his family was still alive, only to finally remember their deaths when his wife's ghost is brought back for only a few precious seconds to kiss him and reverse his curse yet again. Even after he becomes a hero and King of Haven, he still has to deal with his guilt over feeling he's betraying his late wife while falling in love with Red Riding Hood.]]
** Colin. He just wants to get off the Farm and ultimately [[spoiler: his desire for freedom gets him murdered by Goldilocks.]]

** Pinocchio for spending years not knowing what happened to his father Geppetto since fleeing from the Adversary [[spoiler: only for him to discover Geppetto IS the Adversary and the true mind behind the Empire.]]

* GeniusBonus: Plenty of the characters who are not explicitly named or only slowly implied. Not to mention; in the first Jack of fables book, we see a black janitor named "Sam" who doesn't seem to remember where he is. By the end of the book, he starts running very fast and we see that the tigers had been turned into butter, and Revise shouts that he thought he had him censored - who's he talking about? ''Literature/{{The Story of Little Black Sambo}}''.

** In ''Happily Ever After'', [[spoiler:Rose Red pretty much soars into this, planning to fulfill an ancient curse that says she or Snow has to kill the other in order to inherit the family's magical power. If it weren't enough that she happily intends to go through with it, she also plans to do it by ''controlling Bigby'' into killing her, and apparently also their ''children.'' Then, if all that wasn't bad enough she planned on using said magic ring to seduce Bigby into falling in love with her, essentially ''RAPPING'' him, AND kill everyone in both the farm (which she used to lead with grace) and fabletown in case anyone was going to interfere with her plans. The fact that she's being fueled by hoards of powerful and evil spirits might imply that her mind has been corrupted which led to the dramatic FaceHeelTurn. If not, there's no excuse left for her actions this time.]] Ultimately a SubvertedTrope in this case: [[spoiler:Rose decides that considering Snow has had children of both genders, the curse can be or has been broken, so she decides to ScrewDestiny and leave her be, making amends with her and promising they can write one another]].