History YMMV / DearChildren

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Aaron =[[McAries]]= is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Aaron [[=McAries=]] is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: =[[Aaron McAries]]= is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: [[=Aaron McAries=]] is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Aaron McAries is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* PopularUnpopularCharacter: Aaron McAries is a serious {{Jerkass}}, who was committing petty crimes in his early teens, betrayed his former best friend [[spoiler:Devin Xue]] when he found out his friend was gay, and is angry at his current best friend Candace for rejecting his romantic advances. This is aside from the fact that he harasses the Journalism Club and even goads Devin to fight him, and is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. No one in-story aside from his mom, and Candace and the other two members of the AV Club, really seem to like him. However, he really does care for Candace, and he's CuteButTroubled enough that he has a fandom.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Aaron crossed this when he pushed Devin into the lake because [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he found out Devin was gay]] and leaving him when Devin thought he was going to drown. Then he outed Devin to the whole school, causing him to get bullied.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Aaron crossed this when he pushed Devin into the lake because [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he found out Devin was gay]] and leaving him when Devin thought he was going to drown. Then he outed Devin to the whole school, causing him to get bullied.]]

*** More mildly, Cail's over-the-top CloudcuckooLander behavior, coupled with her occasional sharp CuckooSnarker comments, could mean that she is ''thoroughly'' aware of how loony she acts, and is obsessed with ghosts because she wants to avoid dealing with the pain of her gender dysphoria.

*** Even ''Devin'', who comes to ''like'' Gabe a lot, teases him on this issue. Of course, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ''Devin'']] enjoys needling everyone, including his [[TrueCompanions best friends]].

*** Coach Gordon mocks Gabe for this and accuses him of an interest in {{Hentai}}, which (given Gabe's reaction, may have been RightForTheWrongReasons (Gordon only knew Gabe was an anime fan and was reaching for an appropriate insult). t

*** Coach Gordon mocks Gabe for this and accuses him of an interest in {{Hentai}}, which (given Gabe's reaction, may have been RightForTheWrongReasons (Gordon only knew Gabe was an anime fan and was reaching for an appropriate insult).

** Aaron may be an ArmoredClosetGay, inin denial about an original attraction to Devin. This would explain both his initial violent hostility, ''and'' his hostility to both Cail and Josh, two characters to whom Aaron might plausibly suppose Devin to be attracted toward.

*** Even ''Devin'', who comes to ''like'' Gabe a lot, teases him on this issue. Of course, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ''Devin'']] enjoys needling everyone, including his [[TrueCompanions best friends]].f
** A more serious contempt, tinged with considerable ''horror'', is felt regarding [[spoiler: Wesley]]'s collection of[[spoiler:snuff porn]]. Of course, snuff porn (if genuine) is illegal ''and'' quite immoral (because of the necessary murders in its creation); even if phony, it is considered a rather sick turn-on. Even [[spoiler:Wesley's ''sister'']] is repulsed by the discovery.

*** Coach Gordon mocks Gabe for this and accuses him of an interest in {{Hentai}}, which (given Gabe's reaction, may have been RightForTheWrongReason (Gordon only knew Gabe was an anime fan and was reaching for an appropriate insult).

*** [[DrillSergentNasty Coach Gordon]] mocks Gabe for this and accuses him of an interest in {{Hentai}}, which (given Gabe's reaction, may have been RightForTheWrongReason (Gordon only knew Gabe was an anime fan and was reaching for an appropriate insult).

** A more serious contempt, tinged with considerable ''horror'', is felt regarding [[spoiler: Wesley]]'s collection of[[spoiler:snuff porn]]. Of course, snuff porn (if genuine) is illegal ''and'' quite immoral (because of the necessary murders in its creation); even if phony, it is considered a [[KinkShaming rather sick turn-on]]. Even [[spoiler:Wesley ''sister'']] is repulsed by the discovery.

* AbandonShipping: Candace rejects Aaron's romantic advances, and later explains that she thinks they're BetterAsFriends. But her rejection isn't very thorough (in part because Aaron doesn't know the right questions to ask, and it's obvious that she still loves him ''as a friend''. So is his suit hopeless? Maybe, because Aaron, Candace or ''both'' may be an [[ArmoredClosetGay]], and if even ''one'' of the pair is, it really ''is'' hopeless.

* AttractiveBentGender: Cail. Probably a transgirl, and an utterly adorable GenkiGirl who was once a LovableJock.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Aaron crossed this when he pushed Devin into the lake because [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he found out Devin was gay]] and leaving him when Devin thought he was going to drown. Then he outed Devin to the whole school, causing him to get bullied.]]
* NightmareFuel: Whenever one of the journalists gets hypnotized, they end up in an [[EldritchLocation completely alien and monochromatic area.]] When [[spoiler:Josh]] ends up going through one, however, [[spoiler: he isn't alone. [[EldritchAbomination A beast that looks like it's made of ''fingers'']] starts hunting him.]] And the worst part? ''He completely disappears when this happens.'' Nobody knows where [[spoiler: Josh]] went.
** [[spoiler: Wesley's reappearance in the cave. [[BodyHorror It looks like there's fingers growing out of his face, but it's too dark to tell.]] And then he hitches a ride on the bottom of the journalism van...]]

* NightmareFuel: Whenever one of the journalists gets hypnotized, they end up in a [[EldritchLocation completely alien and monochromatic area.]] When [[spoiler:Josh]] ends up going through one, however, [[spoiler: he isn't alone. [[EldritchAbomination A beast that looks like it's made of ''fingers'']] starts hunting him.]] And the worst part? ''He completely disappears when this happens.'' Nobody knows where [[spoiler: Josh]] went.

** Cail may well be a DeathSeeker. She's suffering from gender dysphoria (which can make people suicidal) and at least playfully likes the idea of dying and becoming a ghost.

* AttractiveBentGender: Cail. Probably a transgirl, and an utterly adorable GenkiGirl who was once a LoveableJock.