History YMMV / HighSchoolStory

** The theatre club accusing Rory of breaking Jordan's leg and never having to apologize for it has been a sore spot for the players.

** The theater club accusing Rory of breaking Jordan's leg and never having to apologize for it has been a sore spot for the players.

* NeverLiveItDown: In Book 3, Kara and Max are upset with Jordan because they think he's trying to steal their prom king and queen positions. The players who don't care about the positions are upset about the fact that there isn't a choice for them to decline being prom king, considering that the only way to not be prom king is to be rude and mean towards the Hearst students, despite some of them treating the Berry students with kindness.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Band and cheer suffer from this in Book 2. On one hand, it was wrong of Isa to divert their funding to the basketball team and suspend Aiden. On the other hand, cheering for Hearst during the game against them soured the fandom's view of the two clubs, especially since the basketball players have so far shown sympathy for them.

** Skye. She has ''[[BigBrotherBully Brian Crandall]]'' for a brother and AbusiveParents who [[DisproportionateRetribution abandoned her at school for sitting with Berry students during a football game and not cheering for her brother]]. Because of her brother's behavior towards Berry students, she had to lie about not being Brian's sister in order to deflect attention.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Fans actually applaud that this version is much more open about Mia and Katherine having been a couple. Sydney is also introduced as a potential love interest for Mia.

** Principal Isa became this after a few chapters in Book 2. While it can still be argued that she started out as a StrawmanHasAPoint regarding safety inside the school (justified since [[TheDitz Principal Hughs]] [[CloudCuckooLander had made pretty questionable calls]]), later chapters placed her in scrappy territory after she suspended Aiden unfairly, made pretty clear her favoritism for the basketball team (because she put her incompetent brother in charge) and the hall monitors, and is the direct cause of all the conflicts between the students. [[spoiler:The revelation of her true identity and that she has been stealing money from the school amplified the hatred towards her, especially after she threatens to expel Caleb and is looking for an excuse to do the same to Jordan.]]

* WhatAnIdiot:
** In Book 2 Chapter 13, Head Detective Stephen Flores prepares to arrest [[spoiler:Principal Isa and her brother]] for embezzling funds from Berry High.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he would block all the exits and then call for backup before announcing their arrests, in case they try to escape.\\
'''Instead:''' He only calls for backup ''after'' they run away following his announcement while letting the students, including his own daughter, chase after them.\\
'''Result:''' Jordan narrowly avoids being hit in the face by Isa's discarded high heel, and she then threatens to run the hall monitors over when they block her escape in the parking lot.
** In Book 3 Chapter 8, you and your club leader (Julian, Mia, or Ezra) are waiting for Cameron, Jade, or Kieran to show up for tryouts. They seem to be running late.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That one of you would call your rival to make sure they are coming.\\
'''Instead:''' You both wait twenty minutes and start without them. This leads them to accuse you of sabotaging their tryouts.
** On the other side, Cameron, Jade, or Kieran receive fake e-mails telling them that tryouts have been cancelled.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That they contact their respective club leaders (and in Jade's case, Coach Shaw as well) to confirm the information.\\
'''Instead:''' They angrily accuse Jordan of sabotaging tryouts, with Max and Kara accompanying them. While this hurts your reputation, it does not fix the fact that they were cheated out of a fair tryout.
** In ''Class Act'' Book 2 Chapter 10, Bailey and Skye overhear Amber and Lorenzo admitting that the video of Lorenzo rescuing a kitten (which caused him to shoot ahead of Rory and Casey in the polls for class president) was actually staged. They inform the others of this news while admitting they have no actual proof.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That they attempt to find some sort of evidence to back up their claim; otherwise, it's just their word against Lorenzo and Amber's.\\
'''Instead:''' Ajay and Rory directly accuse them to the rest of the school. Nobody else believes them, however, and Lorenzo's popularity doesn't fade a bit.

** Professor Edwin gets this as well, coming across as more LawfulStupid than anything else at some points, particularly in the Expelled arc where she doesn't even give your group a chance to explain their side of the story and never apologizes for wrongly expelling them after their innocence is finally proven.

* TheScrappy: Autumn gets this treatment more than anyone else. It doesn't help that she’s [[DieForOurShip Wes’ ex-girlfriend]] and her character can be summed up as "she's nice and artistic and she likes everyone!" It's also agreed that it sometimes seems that the narrative tries too hard to make the player like her.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: The quests where you and your S.O. go on a special date can come off as this.
* UncannyValley:
** Lea Michele's wide grin that ''never changes at all'' during her quests.
** The jerky walk cycles to some.

** When ''Class Act'' was announced, a big debate ensued over whether or not the series needed to be rebooted. Some fans were upset by the news that the story would focus on a new main cast altogether and demote the original main cast and love interests to side characters. Other fans welcomed the change by stating that Book 3 of the series was inferior to the previous two installments and that all of the characters, even their love interests, seemed overly dramatic and unlikable.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Despite having a very minor role, Coach Andrew Isa is a pretty worthless character, since he is incompetent at his job and doesn't do anything relevant in the story, as one can easily erase him from the plot and nothing would change. [[spoiler:The fact that he's also revealed to have a fake identity along with his sister is seen as a wasted opportunity to have him do something interesting during the climax, or even have him show his true colors instead of having his background exposed in Isa's emails. Instead, he has weak motivations (he only blackmailed Isa to join the charade at school just because he wanted to be a sports coach, despite knowing nothing about the job) and doesn't provide any type of challenge during the climax.]]

** Principal Hughs. She’s either seen as a nice lady who serves as a good source of comic relief, even if a bit ditzy (like rollerskating in the hallways or treating high schoolers like kindergarten children), or a WomanChild completely unfit for a position of leadership. The base was divided between keeping her as comic relief as a Premium, or replace her with Principal Rivera, who is seen either as more competent, or too flat and uninteresting.
** Rory. He/She is either a confident and nice person to some players, or give the impression of being a boring Mary Sue with a lot of CharacterShilling and a [[InstantFanClub fanclub]] who has an unexplained crush on them, and find them bland in comparison to Ajay and Skye.

** The decision of whether to forgive Danielle in Book 1 of ''Class Act'' splits a lot of people. Many people appreciate that she is genuinely regretful of her actions and shows a sincere desire to become a better person, such as persuading Amber to send a ten thousand dollar check for the play. However, many feel she doesn't deserve forgiveness since the only thing she expresses regret over is potentially ruining the play [[spoiler:just because it concerns Rory's mother]]; she never expresses remorse for breaking Jordan's leg or harassing Bailey.

** People are split on who to support in the Student President elections. Some people support Casey in favor of Bailey’s family while others support Rory for a variety of reasons, such as Rory being their love interest, feeling the arts are underappreciated in high schools, finding Casey annoying, or feeling that Rory is simply the most dedicated to the position and has the clearest plan for making the school better. A few people have voiced their [[TakeAThirdOption support for Myra]] and felt disappointed that she drops out no matter what. Almost no one has voiced support for Lorenzo or Morgan due to the former’s DumbJock persona and the latter’s scrappy status.

** Clint and Natalie, two theatre club students with huge crushes on Rory, in Class Act Book 1. Most of their scenes feature them stalking Rory despite his/her discomfort around them, as if they don't know how to give Rory space. They became even more hated when they joined Danielle and Trevor in accusing Bailey of breaking Jordan's leg, and again when they forced Bailey to leave the group's lunch table.

** Players are split on what Pixelberry should do with HSS after ''Class Act'' ends. Some believe that they should go back to the original cast given that some love interests like Maria and Aiden are seniors at this point, and they've grown attached to the characters. Some believe Pixelberry shouldn't give in to the demands of people who prefer the original trilogy, given that they view the people who demand the original cast be brought back as entitled. Some believe that this matter is ultimately for Pixelberry to decide. Others believe that the series should just end.

* AssPull: [[spoiler:The revelation that Isa is a criminal embezzling funds from the school and other places is this to many players, who find it an illogical explanation for her tyrannical leadership.]]

%%* HideYourLesbians: Mia is canonically not straight, but it's easy for an unattentive player to not notice this. She mentions her ex twice, but only uses the pronoun she ''once''. She also has quite a close relationship with Katherine (whom pixelberry introduces as Mia's [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre ''very special friend'']]) and [[spoiler: if a player put them together as a couple, they're acknowledged as such in the main story quest]], but their relationship ''could'' be seen as just a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship very close friendship]]. And even though there are several strong hints and [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] about Mia not being very interested in boys, it's always done very subtle, and never mentioned outright. Most likely this is done so that players who have Mia paired with a boy won't feel bad, but they could've easily been clearer about her not being straight and just avoided mentioning what exactly her sexuality is.

** Who's the best suitor for Jordan? [[GirlNextDoor Emma]], [[LovableJock Caleb]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Michael]], [[GoGetterGirl Maria]] or [[BandGeek Aiden]]?

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** In Book 3, contrasting to all the romantic public promposals, Myra gets harassed by Brian for months until she bluntly rejects him. Fans felt necessary to address the topic of harassment through Brian, who kept trying to pursue and guilt her into accepting his advances, [[NeverMyFault later placing the blame on her]] and [[WouldHitAGirl even attempting to attack her physically]] after she didn’t oblige.
** Class Act features a subplot that revolves around Skye being verbally and emotionally abused by her parents. Several players have applauded this storyline for showing potential younger Choices fans that they could have a friend who is being abused in their home and how to look for signs of it.
** Book 2 of Class Act shows Ajay struggling with his parents' divorce after their constant arguments, which players generally accept as a necessity to show how arguing couples and divorces put huge mental strains on children. The scene where Ajay visits a support group for children of divorced parents is applauded for showing teens that there are resources to help them deal with parental divorce.

** Emma. Fans either love her as the GirlNextDoor love interest, only want her as the best friend, or consider her bland, weak and pointless in the story, since the only contribution she gives to the group is being TheHeart. Book 2 slightly polarizes her when she hides her part-time job from her friends because she doesn't want to aggravate their situation further. Some players find the move understandable because her schoolmates have suffered enough stress from Isa's DivideAndConquer strategy to subjugate Berry High, not to mention the possibility that Isa could use her part-time job as leverage against her and her friends. Others think it's GenreBlindness because Berry students usually accept one another regardless of various factors.

** The idea of whether or not there should be sex in the story. On one hand, some people argue that real high schoolers often do have sex even when society discourages it and are fine with it being in the story if it's handled responsibly. Others find the idea inappropriate since most characters in the series are younger than 18, and feel that Pixelberry would be condoning underage sex by depicting it in the story.

* AbandonShipping: Several players have stopped pursuing Ajay since the events of Class Act, Chapter 12, when he failed to stand up for Bailey amidst false accusations that they were responsible for Jordan's injury.

** Is Cameron just a shy and insecure individual like the rest of the Hearst students under the heel of Kara, Max, Zoe, Terrence, and Brian; or really passive-aggressive who lets Terrence complain in their name to get the sax solo and make themselves look better?

** Rory. He/She is either a confident and nice person to some players, or give the impression of being a boring Mary Sue with a lot of CharacterShilling and a [[InstantFanClub fanclub]] who has an unexplained crush on them.

** Even Jordan has become this. Some people liked Jordan all the way through for their charisma, friendliness towards others, and standing up for the right thing. These are the main reasons why supporters believe Jordan should continue becoming the protagonist of ''Class Act''. Others argue that Jordan stopped being likable after Book 2 and that their character [[BadassDecay got downgraded from someone who exposed their principal as a criminal to someone who let bullies walk all over them]] and acted melodramatic at times. Another group dislike the amounts of CharacterShilling Jordan gets in ''Class Act'', described as the most popular person in school, always fixes everyone's lives and excels at any club they join, prompting many to regard them as a Mary Sue character.

** Emma. Fans either love her as the GirlNextDoor love interest, only want her as the best friend, or consider her bland, weak and pointless in the story, since the only contribution she gives to the group is being TheHeart. Book 2 slightly polarizes her when she hides her part-time job from her friends because she doesn't want to aggravate their situation further. Some players find the move understandable because her schoolmates have suffered enough stress from Isa's DivideAndConquer strategy to subjugate Berry High, not to mention the possibility that Isa could use her part-time job as leverage against her. Others think it's GenreBlindness because Berry students usually accept one another regardless of various factors.

* AbandonShipping: Several fans have stopped pursuing Ajay since the events of Class Act, Chapter 12, when he failed to stand up for Bailey amidst false accusations that they were responsible for Jordan's injury.

** Ajay. On one hand, there are players who like him for his wit, sarcasm, sass, and dedication to the theater. On the other hand, there are players who dislike him for being an InsufferableGenius who [[SeriousBusiness exaggerates his role as student director]] and disrespects the actors he works with. The comparisons with Aiden, Terrence, and [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries Thomas Hunt]] are polarizing as well, with people liking or hating him because of this. In Book 1 Chapter 12, he rubbed players the wrong way when he considered the possibility of Bailey sabotaging Jordan while officially declaring himself to be impartial, giving the impression that he believed it was true. Exacerbating matters is that after the truth is revealed, he tells Bailey that he's glad they were innocent, but never actually apologizes, prompting some players not to pick the premium option to give him a "Thank You" card.

** Even Jordan has become this. Some people liked Jordan all the way through for their charisma, friendliness towards others, and standing up for the right thing. These are the main reasons why supporters believe Jordan should have been the protagonist of ''Class Act''. Others argue that Jordan stopped being likable after Book 2 and that their character [[BadassDecay got downgraded from someone who exposed their principal as a criminal to someone who let bullies walk all over them]] and acted melodramatic at times. Another group dislike the amounts of CharacterShilling Jordan gets in ''Class Act'', described as the most popular person in school, always fixes everyone's lives and excels at any club they join, prompting many to regard them as a Mary Sue character.

** Emma. Fans either love her as the GirlNextDoor love interest, only want her as the best friend, or consider her bland, weak and pointless in the story, since the only contribution she gives to the group is being TheHeart. Book 2 slightly polarizes her when she hides her part-time job from her friends because she doesn't want to aggravate their situation further. Some players find the move understandable because her schoolmates have suffered enough stress from Isa's DivideAndConquer strategy to subjugate Berry High. Others think it's GenreBlindness because Berry students usually accept one another regardless of various factors.

** People are split on who to support in the Student President elections. Some people support Casey in favor of Bailey’s family while others support Rory for a variety of reasons, such as Rory being their love interest, feeling the arts are underappreciated in high schools, finding Casey annoying, or feeling that Rory is simply the most dedicated to the position and has the clearest plan for making the school better. A few people have voiced their [[TakeAThirdOption support for Myra]]. Almost no one has voiced support for Lorenzo or Morgan due to the former’s DumbJock persona and the latter’s scrappy status.

** After seeing Morgan act like a selfish jerk in Book 2 of the original trilogy and not face any consequences, it's pretty satisfying when Rory shoves her hypocrisy regarding "oppression" back in her face and humiliates her in Book 2 of Class Act.

** In Book 1 Chapter 6 Koh tells Jordan that the whole “bad boy dates a goody two shoes” thing is overrated. She would have utterly groaned at VisualNovel/RideOrDieABadBoyRomance.

** Trevor became this for being one of the first people to accuse Bailey of breaking Jordan's leg, insisting it was sabotage when most of the others accepted that it was an accident, and never apologized for it. The negative feelings towards him skyrocketed in Chapter 15 of ''Class Act'' Book 1 when he threatened to drop a chandelier on Bailey's head for referring to him and the rest of the tech crew as "techies". Most fans are happy that he appears very little in Book 2, and applaud the announcement at the end of the book that Skye is being promoted to head tech since it seemingly indicates that Trevor will not be around anymore.