History YMMV / GirlsWithSlingshots

** It's not really helped by the fact that Jim's early characterization came off as ''genuinely'' nice and well-meaning, if unintentionally creepy in his over-earnestness. It honestly sometimes feels as though that was how Corsetto really intended him as first, then she realized that no girl wanting to romance him for no logical reason they could put their finger on, could superficially fit into the narrative of real EntitledToHaveYou so-called "Nice Guys", so she [[Flanderization re-tooled him explicitly into one of them]].

** It's not really helped by the fact that Jim's early characterization came off as ''genuinely'' nice and well-meaning, if unintentionally creepy in his over-earnestness. It honestly sometimes feels as though that was how Corsetto really intended him as first, then she realized that no girl wanting to romance him for no logical reason they could put their finger on, could superficially fit into the narrative of real EntitledToHaveYou so-called "Nice Guys", so she re-tooled him explicitly into one of them.

* HarsherInHindsight: Angel's belief that lesbians cannot give each other STDs, cue the [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/678272.htm first documented AIDS transmission from woman to woman]].

** It's not really helped by the fact that, to this troper at any rate, Jim's early characterization came off as ''genuinely'' nice and well-meaning, if unintentionally creepy in his over-earnestness. It honestly sometimes feels as though that was how Corsetto really intended him as first, then realized that no girl wanting to romance him for (literally) no reason they could put their finger on kind of played into the narrative of real EntitledToHaveYou so-called "Nice Guys", so she re-tooled him explicitly into one of them.

* UnintentionallySympathetic:
** Jim, Corsetto intended to portray him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou hypocritical]] DoggedNiceGuy, [[WordOfGod claiming so]] on [[https://twitter.com/#!/dcorsetto/status/137268323955113985 one of her tweets]]; unfortunately the scenes that resulted from her "research" put him [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1279/ next to Chris]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/ who was just bragging about getting laid]], painting him as a [[StrawLoser loser]] to whom [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown it's okay to brag that you are getting what he is not]], and if that was not enough, [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1281/ when Jim snaps for this he is then portrayed by other guys as making the false dichotomy that since a Nice Guy can't get laid]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1285/ then all guys who do must be Jerkasses]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: All the the early strips with the UnresolvedSexualTension between Hazel and Zach and when TheyDo come off as this, knowing how their relationship is going to turn out.

* CompleteMonster: Candy is an attempted rapist, relationship and ''wedding'' saboteur, mixes up feminism for [[TheUnfairSex misandrism]] and is just all around abrasive, crabby and cruel. When ''[[{{Jerkass}} Hazel]]'' calls you out on how mean you are, something is definitely wrong.
-->'''[[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws296/ Hazel]]''': Holy crap, Candy. You're so mean it makes '''me''' look good.

** It gets a little better when her jerk attitude drives Zach away from her, but the Sue end takes another spin through the revolving door when she gets a phone call out of nowhere offering her a book deal.

** Jim, Corsetto intended to portray him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou hypocritical]] DoggedNiceGuy, [[WordOfGod claiming so]] on [[https://twitter.com/#!/dcorsetto/status/137268323955113985 one of her tweets]]; unfortunately the scenes that resulted from her "research" put him [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1279/ next to Chris]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/ who was just bragging about getting laid]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown painting him as a loser to whom is ok to brag that you are getting what he is not]], and if that was not enough, [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1281/ when Jim snaps for this he is then portrayed by other guys as making the false dichotomy that since a Nice Guy can't get laid]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1285/ then all guys who do must be Jerkasses]].

** One of his first appearances in "Members Only" (aka Guys' Night Out) had him confiding in Angel about how he seemed to either be invisible to women, or easily glossed over as soon as they saw another guy, and that only other guys and lesbians seemed interested in talking to him... only to then realize that he's sitting by himself.

** Things are turning around, though -- she had a GenkiGirl almost literally fall into her lap and things have only been better from there.

* MoralEventHorizon: Candy when she attempts to sabotage Jameson and Maureen's wedding].
** [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Well...]]
** Actually, they do call her out on it, but then get over it after a while. It still hasn't been established if anyone got over the wedding yet, since Candy didn't appear again [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1007/ until recently.]]
*** Well, Clarice has clearly gotten over it, and Maureen appears to be taking a pretty Zen approach to the whole matter. But given Jameson's punchline when Maureen told him so, keep the popcorn handy for whenever Corsetto decides to throw the old friends together.

* MoralEventHorizon: Candy, twice, first with her attempted rape of Chris, then again when she attempts to sabotage Jameson and Maureen's wedding. Strangely, [[MoralDissonance the characters only really acknowledge the second horizon crossing]].

** Jim, Corsetto intended to portray him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou hypocritical]] DoggedNiceGuy, [[WordOfGod claiming so]] on [[https://twitter.com/#!/dcorsetto/status/137268323955113985 one of her tweets]]; unfortunately the scenes that resulted from her "research" put him [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1279/ next to Chris]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/ who was just bragging about getting laid]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown painting him as a loser to whom is ok to brag that you are getting what he is not]], and if that was not enough, [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1281/ when Jim snaps for this he is then portrayed by other guys as making the false dichotomy that since a Nice Guy can't get laid]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1285/ then all guys who do must be Jerkasses]].

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Hazel's attempt to put Sprinkles on a diet of "hippie food", which doesn't go well.

* TooDumbToLive: several different characters have had their moments, Angel's belief that lesbians cannot give each other [=STDs=] probably qualifies.
** Hazel. Really, without her mom and her friends to run damage control on her constant poor decisions she may very well have been dead by now. She certainly would have been broke, jobless and homeless.

** Hazel as mentioned at Jerk Sue above, Corsetto has said that she deliberately writes her as a flawed character to make her more believable, however many times this crosses into Hazel being downright unlikable.

* CompleteMonster: Candy is an attempted rapist, relationship and ''wedding'' saboteur, mixes up feminism for [[TheUnfairSex reverse sexism]] and is just all around abrasive, crabby and cruel. When ''[[{{Jerkass}} Hazel]]'' calls you out on how mean you are, something is definitely wrong.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Jim, Corsetto intended to portray him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou hypocritical]] DoggedNiceGuy, [[WordOfGod claiming so]] on [[https://twitter.com/#!/dcorsetto/status/137268323955113985 one of her tweets]]; unfortunately the scenes that resulted from her "research" put him [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1279/ next to Chris]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/ who was just bragging about getting laid]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown painting him as a loser to whom is ok to brag that you are getting what he is not]], and if that was not enough, [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1281/ when Jim snaps for this he is then portrayed by other guys as making the false dichotomy that since a Nice Guy can't get laid]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1285/ then all guys who do must be Jerkasses]].
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Hazel as mentioned at Jerk Sue above, Corsetto has said that she deliberately writes her as a flawed character to make her more believable, however many times this crosses into Hazel being downright unlikable.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Hazel as mentioned at Jerk Sue above, Corsetto's has said that she deliberately writes her as a flawed character to make her more believable, however many times this crosses into Hazel being downright unlikable.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Hazel as mentioned at Jerk Sue above, Corsetto's attempts to make her a flawed character for more realism sometimes crosses into her being downright unlikable.

** "JerkSue" might be over-analyzing the character. Hazel's the protagonist of a comedic web comic. [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist She is not supposed to be sympathetic]]. Her pain is ''funny.'' So the recent break-up is probably less "Oh, let's all cry for the poor widdle CreatorsPet" than it is "Dude, let's watch the hopeless lush try to get through a break-up sober. Pass the popcorn!"

** At the time of writing, Zach [[spoiler: dumped her after she attempted to call his bluff about ending the relationship if she wasn't willing to commit.]] A phone call Hazel receives at work the next day hammers home just how serious this is. Now obviously YMMV, but [[spoiler: the note Zach left with her things made it clear that he still felt strongly for her and that he "couldn't handle seeing her for awhile" because it would "take a lot of time to get over [her]."]] Plus, this whole thing might be a way to ramp up Hazel's [[TheWoobie woobie]] status.
*** Exactly : even when she's being dumped, we're supposed to root for her, while she just brings this on herself and fails to even recognize it. An abrasive, immature and completely self-centered person who doesn't give anything back while cheerfully taking all an SO has to offer is someone you're glad to see the back off, not mooch after and "still feel strongly for", even in breakups do always hurt. YMMV, of course, but I think there is simply ''nothing'' in her to love, either for Zach or for the reader. Thea is a Woobie, Hazel is just a JerkAss that fails to even be amusing. And as of today and the [[MoralEventHorizon event with the goldfish]] I am officially not reading the comic anymore.
*** It wasn't even that, they broke up because she refused to LISTEN. At all. She couldn't even manage a general conversation on the topic of their potential future together. She wouldn't even let him state his own feelings. She also seems to think that storming out, even if she has to run home naked, automatically means she wins the discussion and he'll have to apologise to her. It's safe to say Hazel fails at relationships of any kind at this point.
*** And now for the record: [[StatusQuoIsGod A reconciliation looms on the horizon]]. [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack Why would anyone take her back?]]
*** Perhaps this is a set-up for Hazel maturing just a little? She's already laid off the booze...maybe, just maybe, she'll grow a heart of gold to go with that jerk. Maybe.