History YMMV / MoDaoZuShi

** Similarly, in the audio drama, Wang Kai voiced Lan Xichen, who is an overall NiceGuy and a CoolBigBro to Lan Wangji. Wang Kai would later go on to voice Jiang Cheng in ''Series/TheUntamed'', who is anything ''but'' a NiceGuy and has an extremely poor relationship with Lan Wangji.

* TranslationTrainWreck: It's a reoccurring trope in any of the official translations of the novel's adaptations. It involves either incomprehensible grammar, severely erroneous mistranslation of names, titles, and terms, or both. By contrast, the FanTranslation is a lot more accurate (even if some terms of phrases still inevitably get LostInTranslation).

** While no one's going to disagree that Jiang Fengmian was an exemplary father, there are some fans who tend to demonize him and talk about him as if he spent every day making Jiang Cheng's life miserable and being the root cause for all of his son's and Wei Wuxian's problems, as well as burdening Jiang Yanli with the sole responsibility of being her younger brothers' emotional support. His passivity and his more lenient treatment of Wei Wuxian did have the unintended effect of leaving everyone with some issues, but fans quickly forget that his wife is just as (or even more) responsible for contributing to the DysfunctionJunction that is their entire family.

** Downplayed, considering the LighterAndSofter nature of the spinoff ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q''. While Yu Ziyuan didn't do anything to Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng in the spinoff, when one remembers how much of a harridan she can be in canon -- combined with the negative influence she left on both young men -- the mishaps she gets thrown into in Episode 11 can count as some form of comeuppance for the fans who have a less than positive opinion of her.

* CatharsisFactor: The manner in which Wei Wuxian dealt with Wen Chao in the novel might be a little hard to stomach for some readers, to the point that some readers (albeit understandably) feel a bit sorry for the latter. However, the way Wei Wuxian executes his revenge in the ''donghua'' leaves all the viewers with no problems in watching Wen Chao get his gruesome comeuppance.

** In the English side of the fandom, while it was someone asking to have someone spoil The Untamed in a reditt post, the response below birthed the meme of "Everyone is Jin Ling's uncle".
-->'''Anonymous:''' can someone spoil me for the Untamed\\
'''Responder:''' Jin Ling's uncle dies to bring back Jin Ling's uncle, who was killed by Jin Ling's uncle except not really and he teams up with Jin Ling's future uncle-in-law to solve the mystery of mutilated body that turns out to be Jin Ling's uncle who was killed by Jin Ling's uncle and this all culminates in a confrontation which Jin Ling's uncle, Jin Ling's future uncle-in-law, Jin Ling's uncle, and Jin Ling's uncle confront Jin Ling's uncle who is stabbed by Jin Ling's uncle and killed by the resentful ghost of Jin Ling's uncle and this was secretly orchestrated by Jin Ling's uncle.\\
'''Anonymous:''' thanks this helps

** There are members of the Western fandom [[NoYay who don't take kindly to shipping Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng together]] due to believing that they're technically foster brothers, even though martial and adoptive brothers are entirely different from the others. There are others who argue that they are nevertheless not related by blood in any form and they see each other more as brothers-in-arms than actual brothers. Other than that, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment tread carefully when you're discussing your opinion about this ship.]]

** Similarly, in the audio drama, Wang Kai voiced Lan Xichen, who is an overall NiceGuy and a CoolBigBro to Lan Wangji. Wang Jai would later go on to voice Jiang Cheng in ''Series/TheUntamed'', who is anything ''but'' a NiceGuy and has an extremely poor relationship with Lan Wangji.

** Consequently, Jiang Fengmian is rather divisive in the fandom. No one's going to argue about the fact that while he's not a ''bad'' person, he's in no way a good ''father''. However, there are some who argue as to whether he's still likable in spite of his poor parenting skills or the other way around. And then there's the debate of whether he's worse than his wife or not, which can turn into a lengthy discussion. This is complicated by the fact by ''Asian'' standards Jiang Fengmian isn't anything special as a parent, fitting into the actual position and approach to parenting that real-life Asian fathers do; something which is naturally lost on Western audiences as it is outside their own experiences.

** There are members of both the Eastern and Western fandoms [[NoYay who don't take kindly to shipping Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng together]], since they're technically foster brothers. There are others who argue that while they ''are'' foster brothers and have a brotherly relationship, they are nevertheless not related by blood in any form, and they see each other more as brothers-in-arms than actual brothers. Other than that, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment tread carefully when you're discussing your opinion about this ship.]]

** Filipino fans can't help but laugh at Jiang Cheng's sword's name of Sandu being renamed to Sandoku, since it sounds just like "sandok", the Tagalog word for a ''ladle''.

** While no one's going to disagree that Jiang Fengmian was anything but a good father, there are some fans who tend to demonize him and talk about him as if he spent every day making Jiang Cheng's life miserable and being the root cause for all of his son's and Wei Wuxian's problems, as well as burdening Jiang Yanli with the sole responsibility of being her younger brothers' emotional support. His passivity and his more lenient treatment of Wei Wuxian did have the unintended effect of leaving everyone with some issues, but fans quickly forget that his wife is just as (or even more) responsible for contributing to the DysfunctionJunction that is their entire family.

** While they're not exactly [[{{Scrappy}} scrappies]], Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan are two of the most controversial characters of the novel. Even then, it's hard not to feel sorry for them when they got killed by the Wen Sect, with many fans saying while they're far from GoodParents, they didn't deserve to die the way they did. However, there are some who, while they don't take any glee in what happened, don't feel sad about it either and only find the tragedy in Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng's reactions to their deaths.

** Many fans run with the idea that Jiang Cheng was the one who took care of Jin Ling since the latter was still a baby. However, many forget that Jin Ling is of the ''Jin'' Sect and thus would grow up and spend most of his time in Lanling, not in Yunmeng. While Jiang Cheng undoubtedly helped raise and mentor Jin Ling, he's not his primary guardian.

** Once again, this is only from the minority, but once in a while you might come upon a post where a fan dismisses Wei Wuxian and accuses the entire story of ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' running on a ProtagonistCenteredMorality, simply due to the fact that the story ends in a BittersweetEnding where Wei Wuxian gets his happy sendoff whereas Jiang Cheng doesn't. They would even go to accuse him of robbing Jiang Cheng of his happy ending, deliberately screwing him over since they were children, as well as not giving a fig about his feelings -- all of which sound similar to the lies that the other sects had been feeding Jiang Cheng to weaken his relationship with Wei Wuxian.

** Sect Leader Yao. He's a very minor character, yet is easily seen as a HateSink because no one knows anything about him besides being a brown-nosing bandwagon-rider, a condescending sexist, and having nothing good to say about Wei Wuxian or anything and anyone else for that matter... and that's why ''nobody'' likes him. Aside from Jin Guangshan, he's the only other character who makes Wen Chao look outright decent. What's worse is that he's a KarmaHoudini who doesn't even get to at least lose an arm (or his tongue, for that matter), although some fans might find some reprieve in the final arc when [[TakeThatScrappy Jin Ling yells at him to shut his mouth]] when the bastard [[RealMenDontCry chides him for crying]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As stated below, the second season of the ''donghua'' received some criticism due to its short length, which cramped up some crucial parts of the story such as Wei Wuxian's downfall as the Yiling Patriarch, which is one of the most important plot points of the novel. In the director's livestream on February 16, 2020, Xiong Ke confirmed that Season 3 would be twelve episodes long (whether that's the total or the minimum length is still ambiguous, however) and that the team would take the time it needs to properly adapt the necessary material for the oncoming season -- much to the fans' collective relief.
** However, Tencent would soon undo this by revealing that the third season of the ''donghua'' will be the last, which leaves many fans worried and skeptical as to how B.C. May will be able to cram the rest of the story into 12 episodes even with their best efforts. It didn't already help that 45 episodes was initially promised before ExecutiveMeddling whittled it down to 35 episodes instead, in spite of the revenue that the ''donghua'' is netting Tencent.

** Be careful to not call the novel and some of its adaptations "''The Untamed'' [novel/animation/manhua]", which is the title of [[LiveActionAdaptation the live-action drama]]. Whether you did it by mistake or not, fans will quickly remind you why that's something you should avoid doing, especially since while ''The Untamed'' is mostly loyal to the novel's plot, it still took plenty of liberties that sets it apart from the source material.

** Similarly, in the audio drama, Wang Kai voiced Lan Xichen, who is an overall NiceGUy and a CoolBigBro to Lan Wangji. Wang Jai would later go on to voice Jiang Cheng in ''Series/TheUntamed'', who is anything ''but'' a NiceGuy and has an extremely poor relationship with Lan Wangji.
** This will not be the last time Wu Lei voices a Mo Xiang Tong Xiu character who [[Literature/RenZhaFanPaiZiJiuXiTong suffers the fate of losing his eyes and tongue (in the original iteration of the InUniverse plot, at least)]].

* MisaimedFandom: There are members of both the Eastern and Western fandoms [[NoYay who don't take kindly to shipping Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng together]], since they're technically foster brothers. There are others who argue that while they ''are'' foster brothers and have a brotherly relationship, they are nevertheless not related by blood in any form, and they see each other more as brothers-in-arms than actual brothers. Other than that, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment tread carefully when you're discussing your opinion about this ship.]]

** The animation team did well in blending the ConspicuousCGI into [=2D=] and making it work. Even then, there are a few instances when it just ''doesn't'', with the [=3D=]-rendered Tortoise of Slaughter in the first season as a noteworthy example.

* In the Latin American corner of the fandom, deforming the character's names because of their similarity with words in Spanish. Such as the aforementioned Wi-Fi for WWX, "lancha" (lit. 'boat') for Lan Zhan, "Guayaba" ('guava') for Jin Guangyao and calling Jian Cheng "Juan Carlos" because the initials are the same.
** Also from the Latin American fandom, calling Jin Guangyao all manner of weird nicknames based on his shortness. Such as "the Murder Flea" or "el Chaneque" (Chaneques being creatures from Mexican folclore that were short and mischievous, appearing near bodies of water to play pranks on anyone who got close. Nowadays the name is used to refer to people who are both short and annoying, or just short).

** There's no denying that Yu Ziyuan genuinely loved her children and had understandable grievances with her husband for his distant relationship with their son. But any compassion that can be invoked from that is outweighed by her extremely horrible treatment of Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng, which makes her come across as hypocritical. Not to mention, the last words she imparted to Wei Wuxian did more lasting damage to her son than she would have ever anticipated. Even those who aren't fond of Jiang Cheng's character acknowledge that they could see where his more unlikable traits came from.

* HilariousInHindsight: Su Shangqing, Jin Ling's voice actor in the ''donghua'', expressed his interest in voicing Jin Guangyao if he wasn't cast as Jin Ling. Two years later, he would eventually voice Jin Guangyao in ''The Untamed''.

** While no one's going to disagree that Jiang Fengmian was anything but a good father, there are some fans who tend to demonize him and talk about him as if he spent every day making Jiang Cheng's life miserable and being the root cause for all of his son's and Wei Wuxian's problems, as well as burdening Jiang Yanli with the sole responsibility of being her younger brothers' emotional support. His passivity and his more lenient treatment of Wei Wuxian did have the unintended effect of leaving everyone with some issues, but fans quickly forget that his wife is equally (or depending on your opinion, even more) responsible for contributing to the DysfunctionJunction that is their entire family.

* The childishness Lan Wangji displays whether he's sober or drunk (but ''especially'' when he's drunk) is as hilarious as it is endearing.

* MoralEventHorizon: Xue Yang has crossed this repeatedly. [[spoiler: Massacring the Chang clan in revenge for one lost pinkie crossed it once. Massacring the White Snow Temple and blinding Song Lan crossed it again. The third time was tricking Xiao Xingchen into killing innocent civilians and Song Lan]]. Even Wei Wuxian, who had done some unsavory things during the Sunshot Campaign, summarized it best: ''"Xue Yang must die"''.

** Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji's sexual life has clear undertones of a dominant-submissive dynamic, with Wei Wuxian being the submissive and Lan Wangji being the dominant. While such a dynamic is commonly portrayed in Chinese media, whether in ''danmei'' or in other genres, many fans from the Western fandom easily make the misassumption that [=WangXian's=] relationship follows the cliches in the yaoi genre that are widely considered to be problematic. However, those who are familiar with the aforementioned dynamic that [=WangXian's=] relationship is entire equal, and one is simply the bottom mwhile the other is the top in bed because it's their preference.

* HarsherInHindsight: After the finale reveals how Jiang Cheng got caught by the Wens, the part where Jiang Cheng asks Wei Wuxian, "Why did you save me?" becomes much more emotionally difficult to read/watch.