History YMMV / MassEffectDeception

** Kai Leng [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eating Anderson's cereal]]. The inevitable "[[{{Pun}} cereal killer]]" jokes don't help. Neither did the text stating that he did it because he was "an adrenaline junkie and enjoyed being where he was". Leng eating Anderson's cereal was actually highlighted on the forums as a moment to be ''kept'' in the revised edition because it's so utterly ''hilarious''. And frankly, Leng is so petty even in the actual games (see: him sending Shepard insulting e-mails in ''3'') that it's honestly still perfectly in character for him.

* BrokenBase: While the novel itself is near-universally despised, fan opinion is divided over the revision ([[DevelopmentHell which still hasn't materialized]]). Some fans are optimistic about the revision and hold Creator/BioWare to its word, others point out that the novel's problems run far, far deeper than the [[ContinuitySnarl continuity errors]] and that just fixing the lore errors isn't good enough to redeem ''Deception'' (specifically saying you'd need a total start from a blank canvas with a new writer), and then there are those who feel that the promise of the revised edition was just damage control and it will [[{{Vaporware}} never actually happen]].

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* CanonDefilement: Here is a list of its many, ''many'' [[ContinuitySnarl continuity errors]]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBpMF3ONlI308D9IGG8KICBHfWKU0sXh0ntukv-_cmo/preview?pli=1&sle=true. Let's just say it'd be easier to make a list of what it got ''right''. Good thing later editions will fix these problems... hopefully.

* FountainOfMemes:
** Kai Leng [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eating Anderson's cereal]]. The inevitable "[[{{Pun}} cereal killer]]" jokes don't help. Neither did the text stating that he did it because he was "an adrenaline junkie and enjoyed being where he was". Leng eating Anderson's cereal was actually highlighted on the forums as a moment to be ''kept'' in the revised edition because it's so utterly ''hilarious''. And frankly, Leng is so petty even in the actual games (see: him sending Shepard insulting e-mails in ''3'') that it's honestly still perfectly in character for him.
** Kai Leng "was about to pee in a vase that he had selected for that purpose". Yes, that happens. In those exact words.
** [[spoiler:Gillian]]'s death. It should be tragic, but there's something inherently funny about the fact that Kai Leng killed [[spoiler:her]] with a toothbrush.

* CanonDefilement: There is a list of its many, ''many'' [[ContinuitySnarl continuity errors]] as linked below. Let's just say it'd be easier to make a list of what it got ''right''. Good thing later editions will fix these problems... hopefully.

* NeverLiveItDown: This book gave Kai Leng the infamous "cereal killer" nickname.

* WhatAnIdiot: Late in the novel, [[spoiler:Hendel threatens biotic harm on Aria in the middle of her private room in Afterlife. He's ''damned lucky'' all she did was tase him.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: Even after [=BioWare=] apologized and promised of a revised edition, many fans still treat ''Deception'' as this. Not helping matters is that William C. Dietz, the author of the novel, claims that two [=BioWare=] officials ''did'' look it over before it was published.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** Dietz isn't very likely to escape being "that guy who wrote ''Mass Effect: Deception''" any time soon.
** This book gave Kai Leng the infamous "cereal killer" nickname.

* InternetBackdraft:
** The numerous errors regarding the lore of the ''Mass Effect'' universe led to [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBpMF3ONlI308D9IGG8KICBHfWKU0sXh0ntukv-_cmo/preview?pli=1&sle=true this Google doc,]] [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/323/index/9070774/1 this forum thread]] on the [=BioWare=] Social Network (which reached 456 pages), a video of a ''Mass Effect'' fan burning his copy that made the rounds on a few gaming websites, and [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:SpartHawg948/An_Open_Letter_Regarding_Mass_Effect:_Deception this open letter]] on the Mass Effect Wiki. Days after the book's release, [=BioWare=] announced that a revision would be made.
** Suffice it to say that a number of autistic and LGBT readers weren't pleased with the depictions of autism and homosexuality. Specifically, that a character who ''was'' autistic in previous books "outgrew it" (which is impossible), and a previously established homosexual male character was turned straight, and then killed.

** Kai Leng [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eating Anderson's cereal]]. The inevitable "[[{{Pun}} cereal killer]]" jokes don't help. Neither did the text stating that he did it because he was "an adrenaline junkie and enjoyed being where he was". Leng eating Anderson's cereal was actually highlighted on the forums as a moment to be ''kept'' in the revised edition because it's so utterly ''hilarious''. And frankly, Leng is so petty even in the actual games (see: him sending Shepard insulting e-mails in ''3'') that it's actually quite in character for him.

** Suffice it to say that a number of autistic and LGTBQ readers weren't pleased with the depictions of autism and homosexuality. Specifically, that a character who ''was'' autistic in previous books "outgrew it" (which is impossible), and a previously established homosexual male character was turned straight, and then killed.

** Kai Leng eating Anderson's cereal. The inevitable "[[{{Pun}} cereal killer]]" jokes don't help. Neither did the text stating that he did it because he was "an adrenaline junkie and enjoyed being where he was". Leng eating Anderson's cereal was actually highlighted on the forums as a moment to be ''kept'' in the revised edition because it's so utterly ''hilarious''. And frankly, Leng is so petty even in the actual games (see: him sending Shepard insulting e-mails in ''3'') that it's actually quite in character for him.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Even after [=BioWare=] apologized and promise of a revised edition, many fans still treat ''Deception'' as this. Not helping matters is that William C. Dietz, the author of the novel, claims that two [=BioWare=] officials ''did'' look it over before it was published.

** Author William C. Dietz isn't very likely to escape being "that guy who wrote ''Mass Effect: Deception''" any time soon.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Even after their apology, [=BioWare=] still get accused of this for approving the novel in the state it was in. Especially since the writer claims two [=BioWare=] officials ''did'' look it over.

** The numerous errors regarding the lore of the ''Mass Effect'' universe led to [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBpMF3ONlI308D9IGG8KICBHfWKU0sXh0ntukv-_cmo/preview?pli=1&sle=true this Google doc]], [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/323/index/9070774/1 this forum thread]] on the [=BioWare=] Social Network (which reached 456 pages), a video of a ''Mass Effect'' fan burning his copy that made the rounds on a few gaming websites, and [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:SpartHawg948/An_Open_Letter_Regarding_Mass_Effect:_Deception this open letter]] on the Mass Effect Wiki. Days after the book's release, [=BioWare=] announced that a revision would be made.

** Suffice it to say that a number of autistic and LGTBQ readers weren't pleased with the depictions of autism and homosexuality. Specifically, that a character who ''was'' autistic in previous books "Outgrew it" (which is impossible), and a previously established homosexual male character was turned straight, and then killed.