History YMMV / Lightbringer

* HilariousInHindsight: A man born with light powers whose existence ushers in an age of superheroes. Of all things to predict ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''...

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The titular Lightbringer has been subject to many alternate interpretations by other writers or critics. One of the most popular interpretations is being well-intentioned but dense in ''Crossoverlord''.
** Some see him as the Devil, thanks to his unfortunate powers and name.

** Serious moments in the Linkara-drawn issues get weighted down by the art often.

* HilariousInHindsight: A man born with light powers whose existence ushers in an age of superheroes. Of all things to predict ’’Manga/MyHeroAcademia’’...
* {{Narm}}:

** And then there's [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext Smiling Man stealing a breast-sizing machine to leap through dimensions.]]
* SoBadItsGood: The early illustrations as well as the writing all throughout, make it this in the eyes of many.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The titular Lightbringer has been subject to many alternate interpretations by other writers (such as those of ''The Crossoverlord'' and Mark Banilbo's rewrite) or critics. One of the most popular interpretations is being well-intentioned but dense in ''Crossoverlord''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Subverted. While Linkara states that he thinks utter pacifism allows evil to go unchecked, Lightbringer's speech seems more about ''apathy'' then the political philosophy, and it's clear that he holds himself back despite his obvious disgust for criminals. Still, it's ''scary'' how easily Lightbringer could become a KnightTemplar if he didn't have his morals.

* HilariousInHindsight: A man born with light powers whose existence ushers in an age of superheroes. Of all things to predict Anime/BokoNoHeroAcademia...

* CounterpartComparison: ''Webvideo/TheWebcomicRelief'' (who respects Linkara and started his reviews thanks to ''Atop the fourth wall'' and had trouble reviewing the comic due to this) and many other reviewers have compared ''Lightbringer'' unfavorably to ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' due to similar practices: Taking elements from popular culture and [[AuthorAvatar self-inserting]] as more than one character.
--> '''Riiser''': How much of an ego must you have to put yourself in a comic twice? No wonder Lewis didn't want to review Sonichu, this comic is basically just that. It really is: a comic that looks like has been drawn by a child with the grandiose thought that their comic is the biggest best thing since sliced-bread, that they are ready to lie to their audience ("Don't worry, we'll get into that later"), a comic that would completely detract from the actual plot just to go on a tangent as a mouthpiece from the creator. A comic that has clear obvious self-insert with close ties to the creator's real life, the only difference here is that there is not a fucking chapter dedicated to the sex life of Lightbringer. The comic isn't as offensive as ''Sonichu'', but it sure has the same feel and its just uncomfortable to read.

--> '''Riiser''': How much of an ego must you have to put yourself in a comic twice? No wonder Lewis didn't want to review Sonichu, this comic is basically just that. It really is: a comic that has been drawn by a child with the grandiose thought that their comic is the biggest thing since sliced-bread, that they are ready to lie to their audience ("Don't worry, we'll get into that later"), a comic that would completely detract from the actual plot just to go on a tangent as a mouthpiece from the creator. A comic that has clear self-insert with close ties to the creator's real life, the only difference here is that there is not a fucking chapter dedicated to the sex life of Lightbringer.

* SoBadItsGood: The early illustrations make it this in the eyes of many.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The comic clearly has its fans, but just as much haters.

* {{Narm}}: Serious moments in the Linkara-drawn issues get weighted down by the art often.

* TakeThatScrappy: Hannah repeatedly calling out Lightbringer in the later issues marked her upgrade into EnsembleDarkhorse status, even by some critics. It may have come too late for most, however.
* TheScrappy: Many of the comic's critics hate Lightbringer for his MartyStu tendencies early on and representing some of Linkara's... questionable views. However, this doesn't seem to be the case in ''Crossoverlord'' or other rewrites of the character.

* CluelessAesop: In the original comic's author's notes, Linkara states that he made the antagonists slavers because slavery is a real life issue, yet not many comic books cover this subject... Except the depiction of slavery in this comic, where a gang of slavers took over an American city, killed all the policemen who dared to opposed them, and paraded their slaves around in broad daylight just made them come off as cartoonishly evil and about as far from reality as it gets.

* CluelessAesop: In the original comic's author's notes, Linkara states that he made the antagonists slavers because slavery is a real life issue, yet not many comic books cover this subject... Except the depiction of slavery in the comic, where a gang of slavers took over an American city, killed all the policemen who dared to opposed them, and paraded their slaves around in broad daylight just made them come off as cartoonishly evil and about as far from reality as it gets.

* TheScrappy: Many of the comic's critics hate Lightbringer for his MartyStu tendencies early on and representing some of Linkara's...questionable views. However, this doesn't seem to be the case in ''Crossoverlord'' or other rewrites of the character.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Lightbringer can come off as this at times.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hannah Ments.

* GrowingTheBeard: Most agree that the series leap frogged in quality around issue 7, which gave Hannah more development and had her call out Carter.

* CompleteMonster: General Werres.

* GrowingTheBeard: Most tropers agree that the series leap frogged in quality around issue 7, which gave Hannah more development and had her call out Carter.

* GrowingTheBeard: Most readers agree that the series leap frogged in quality around issue 7, which gave Hannah more development and had her call out Carter.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Darkbringer's second defeat.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: All that a HeelFaceTurn Legeto Sin wants is to be able to play the piano one last time, which Lightbringer allows her to do.