History YMMV / Brainbent

** Even OCs aren't safe--[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/253449/chapters/456657 this]] tale focuses on an ex-boyfriend of Vriska's whom she [[FalseRapeAccusation falsely accused of assaulting her]], and who, as a result, had his life utterly destroyed, to the point that even his own father believed Vriska over him, with only his mother and two of his friends siding with him (and the latter only do so because they personally know what [[{{Jerkass}} Vriska]] is like). By the end, Vriska manages to even shatter his own self image. The worst part? When the boy was eight years old, his older sister was assaulted, and when he learned what it meant he ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil he vowed he would NEVER do such a thing himself]]''.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Nepeta summarizes the need to understand and accept autistic people VERY well with this statement about Autism Speaks:
-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < their logo is a puzzle piece thats supposed to represent me and how i should be solved and fixed but puzzles are about understanding and s33ing the whole world more clearly!

* [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumor]]: Recent updates tend to focus more on the sexual relationships between the characters, notably [[BiTheWay Manic!Sollux]], than the [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] antics of the other residents.

** Many of the RealLife submissions, when they aren't a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* BaseBreaker: A sort-of example with Vriska. It's not the character herself, it's that the readers and writers are having trouble with her diagnosis. She's supposed to have Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Disorder, but there's been plenty of discussions about how she doesn't apply for either.

-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < my mom and dad are very active in my therapy because there is a lot of bad stuff out there being taught to autistic kids thats [[FridgeHorror supposed to be for our own good but really only makes us pretend to be not autistic so other people wont have to be uncomfortable]]. :33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think

* DudeNotFunny: When the AU first started, it was inundated with an absolute ''torrent'' of WhiteKnighting denouncing it for being insensitive to those with mental illness... [[CompletelyMissingThePoint not at all realising that the authors themselves have such problems and that's what inspired them to do it in the first place]]. As soon as it actually got anywhere, though, these complaints all but disappeared once it was proven that the AU does indeed know its shit.
** An in-universe example happens after Vriska makes fun of Calliope for the severe burns on her face. Even John didn't find it funny.

*** Worse still, a non-canon contribution reveals that [[BigBrotherBully Caliborn]] [[MoralEventHorizon did this to her]]. Given what Caliborn's like in canon, [[FridgeHorror this is NOT out of character for him...]]