History YMMV / Rayfox

* InformedWrongness: In the first two chapters, the narrative of the comic is that Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City is justified and that the consequences for his recklessness and disregard for the law warrant consequences. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative outcomes bad enough to convince the reader to side with the people of Meva City or S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gives readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

* InformedWrongness: In the first two chapters, the narrative of the comic is that Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as consequences for his recklessness and disregard for the law, both which are meant to be wrong. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gives readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

* InformedWrongness: In the first two chapters, Scott expects the reader to view Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as consequences for his recklessness and disregard for the law. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gives readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

* DesignatedMonkey: In the first two chapters, Scott expects the reader to view Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as justified by his recklessness and disregard for the law. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gives readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

** Asuka. In chapter 2, she's supposed to be seen as a TeamMom that's keeping Ray out of trouble by forcing him to hang up his vigilante act and by imparting wisdom. But she can be seen as [[LawfulStupid a pretentiously incompetent officer giving a rather short-sighted and patronizing lecture]] to Ray in Chapter 2, given that her team was nowhere to be found when the Port Town Gang attacked the Meva Arsenal and [[spoiler: kidnapped Morales]]. She almost got her entire team killed by Liev by leaving Ray with them [[DoubleStandard and didn't get chewed out for it by Carol like she chewed Summer out for coming to Asuka's aid]], and it took the very vigilante she tried to stop saving her team to help her realize [[CopsNeedTheVigilante just how badly he's needed around]]. [[spoiler: Despite her change of heart at the end of chapter 2 and convincing Morales to send him to the S.O.S, it's hard to see her as anything but self-righteous when she's [[TheCavalryArrivesLate unable to actually step in when needed]] save for when Liev tried to kill Ray and Liz (and even then, that was just so she could arrest Ray)]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: In theory, the first two chapters are meant to establish Ray as a reckless vigilante who refuses to acknowledge that his destructive behavior has consequences. In practice, its hard not to sympathize with Ray 100% as a misunderstood hero who suffers from PowerIncontinence and who Meva City would be worse off without, given that the reader is fully aware of what was going on (unlike the citizens) as well as of the fact that had he not got involved, [[FridgeHorror the officers wounded in the explosion could have instead ended up killed]] by the Port Town Gang, and [[spoiler: Morales would have ended up in their clutches had Ray [[RefusalOfTheCall chosen to not get involved]] like he initially planned]] Unlike Asuka, he doesn't wait for someone to give him the order to stop crime, which makes it hard to really see him as anything but a victim of Meva City's inability to keep the peace and the S.O.S' slow response time.

** Jak is meant to be seen as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold TeamDad boss to Ray and the rest of his employees, but his abrasive and demanding attitude, even toward people like Liz who haven't done anything to justify his behavior toward them, makes him largely come across as strictly a MeanBoss with his redeeming moments being miniscule at best. This is not helped by how, even when he recognizes he's made a mistake (like having Ray spar with the yak despite knowing he's got difficulty controlling his powers), Jak hardly does anything to make amends or apologize.

** Morales' attitude against Ray puts him in a negative light, even after Chapter 3, given how antagonistic towards Ray early on in Chapter 1, from indirectly spewing demagoguery about him over taxpayer money to taunting him in a demonstration match, and it becomes easy to lose all respect for him by chapter 3 regardless of any redeeming qualities he has or displays later. In chapter 4, it's revealed ''he actually knew Ray saved him'', but he chose to keep throwing Ray under the bus simply because it would have been inconvenience to him due to losing Meva City's support by going back on his statements and stance; Morales' attempts to make his own actions look sympathetic only made him look worse in that it comes off as putting self-gain over integrity.

*** The people of Meva city tend to come off as [[UngratefulBastard ingrates]] and an EasilySwayedPopulation as well; its true that Ray caused a lot of destruction in his attempts at heroism and he ''did'' hurt some people inadvertently, but be that as it may, they weren't ''killed''. [[IdiotBall Not one of them bothers to really look into what actually happened in full detail]] to fully comprehend what was going on and they [[spoiler: ''still'' blame him for a train being cut in half despite that Halberd did it infront of everyone when the Port Town Gang kidnapped Morales]]... one cant help but think its not ''just'' Ray that's the issue; its the Meva Province itself and its people as well.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jak is giving an audience a demonstration of his Black-Boxing martial art to promote it and even plans to have one of his students fight a large Yak to demonstrate its effectiveness.\\
'''You'd expect:''' He'd have a second tier student go into the ring to spar with the Yak to demonstrate Black-Boxing and ignore any protests Ray might have.\\
'''Instead:''' Jak has Ray go into the ring due to him technically being his best student, despite knowing Ray [[PowerIncontinence has trouble controlling his pyrokinesis]].\\
'''Result:''' While Ray is to mostly able to dominate the fight at first, he ends up accidentally settling the Yak's shorts on fire. In a panic, Ray tries to put out said flame but the yak sees an opening and knocks Ray out, leaving both Ray and Jak embarrassed in front of a large crowd of onlookers.
** Khali witnesses [[spoiler: a train get cut in half by Halberd in an attempt to stop him from saving Morales, and then sees the Blaze step in to fight Halberd]].\\
'''You'd expect:''' Khali would have told Morales what happened and informed him of the details of who saved him.\\
'''Instead:''' He doesn't even ''bother'' to make an effort to actually say anything.\\
'''Result:''' The Blaze, [[spoiler: AKA Ray]], is blamed for a train getting cut in half and Morales still treats him with contempt even though his life was saved by the very person he helped to slander, and Khali knows he bears responsibility for [[spoiler: Ray's imprisonment, as shown by his guilty glance in Chapter 3 when Asuka was convincing Morales to release him to the S.O.S]].
** Asuka has helped Ray escaped law enforcement after they were looking for him\\
'''You'd expect:''' Asuka would see this as an opportunity to get a new recruit for the S.O.S, and a learning moment for Ray as to ''why'' his vigilantism is bad and how her way of fighting crime is better.\\
'''Instead:''' She condescendingly lectures him, forces him to hang up his vigilante act and tells him to let the police handle incidents (and the Port Town Gang showed why that was already an exercise in futility), then sends him off with another S.O.S team to bring him home while she goes her own way.\\
'''Result:''' Ray is left vulnerable, and Asuka puts him and her entire team at risk by leaving him with them. Case in point, Liev knocks over the vehicle that he was in, and Ray essentially has to risk his life to protect ''her'' team, including Summer, because of her lack of foresight.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The first two chapters faced some criticism 4 years later for its narrative expecting readers to sympathize with the citizens and authorities of Meva City for persecuting and vilifying Ray as an arsonist and terrorist despite not knowing (or seemingly not trying to look into) the full story of Ray's vigilante exploits simply on the basis of "he broke the law and destroyed property, so it warrants consequences" with little to no nuance, especially regarding why he did. Chapter 4 shifts the narrative from Ray joining S.O.S. to atone to the authorities extending the offer to him out of recognition for the lives he's saved and sees his help as [[CopsNeedTheVigilante something desperately needed]], with implications that the public have grown suspicious of the accusations against Ray. The S.O.S. is friendlier and open-minded toward Ray in contrast to previous chapters, with some seeking further details from Ray about the Meva Arsenal incident. The end of Chapter 4 full cemented this with Rayfox upstaging a public speech held by Morales to fully explain who he is, the powers he possesses, and what he's been doing, Making clear his goals to improve himself as a crime fighter he's forming at own request rather than anyone shaming him for his apparent disregard for the law, as if the author has taken to fully embracing the viewing of Ray as an earnest aspiring hero rather than the careless vigilante the previous chapters tried to portray him as.

*** Morales' lack of common sense or pragmatism puts him in a negative light (especially given the subtle double standard since he seemingly was willing to recruit Natasha, an ''actual'' criminal, for a bodyguard) [[spoiler: at least until Asuka convinces him to release Ray to the S.O.S]]. Add the fact that Morales won't shut up about taxpayer money and was rather antagonistic towards Ray early on in Chapter 1, from spewing demagoguery about him to taunting him in a demonstration match, and it becomes easy to lose all respect for him by chapter 3 regardless of whatever redeeming qualities he has or displays later on. [[spoiler: This is not helped the fact that he doesn't even remotely acknowledge the fact Ray saved him from the Port Town Gang and intended to persecute him like it didn't happen at all, you'd be forgiven for thinking the comic ''itself'' forgot it happened along with him.]]

* BrokenBase: From chapters 1-2, [[spoiler: you have one half of the base who thinks Ray's imprisonment is justified since he caused a lot of property destruction and law-breaking, often shouting "realism" and the reasoning that no one seeing Ray's heroism negates it... and then you have the other half that thinks it isn't, that the society of Meva City and the law is a complete trainwreck, and that property damage shouldn't overshadow the fact that Ray has done a better job at fighting crime than anyone else at the moment regardless of the mishaps that occurred]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic:
** In theory, the first two chapters are meant to establish Ray as a reckless vigilante who refuses to acknowledge that his destructive behavior has consequences. In practice, its hard not to sympathize with Ray 100% as a misunderstood hero who suffers from PowerIncontinence and who Meva City would be worse off without, given that the reader is fully aware of what was going on (unlike the citizens) as well as of the fact that had he not got involved, [[FridgeHorror the officers wounded in the explosion could have instead ended up killed]] by the Port Town Gang, and [[spoiler: Morales would have ended up in their clutches had Ray [[RefusalOfTheCall chosen to not get involved]] like he initially planned]] Unlike Asuka, he doesn't wait for someone to give him the order to stop crime, which makes it hard to really see him as anything but a victim of Meva City's inability to keep the peace and the S.O.S' slow response time.
** Summer comes off as abrasive in the first two chapters she appears in, especially towards Ray, but its actually understandable in her case. Its implied she had a rough upbringing and had to work to get where she is. [[spoiler: Ray, on the other hand, just got accepted after putting on a show when fighting the Port Town Gang and Liev twice, the latter of which eventually caused Asuka to recruit him, which is in direct contrast to her. Add the fact that her job is at risk by the time the third chapter hits because of Asuka's lack of foresight, and its hard not to sympathize with her given that she had to go through a lot of hardship while Ray had very little, even if she isn't the primary protagonist]].

* DesignatedMonkey: In the first two chapters, Scott expects the reader to view Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as justified by his recklessness and disregard for the law. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gives readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

* BrokenBase: From chapters 1-2, [[spoiler: you have one half of the base who thinks Ray's imprisonment is justified since he caused a lot of property destruction and law-breaking, often shouting "realism" and the reasoning that no one seeing Ray's heroism negates it... and then you have the other half that thinks it isn't, that the society of Meva City and the law is a complete trainwreck, and that property damage shouldn't overshadow the fact that Ray has done a better job at fighting crime than anyone else at the moment regardless of the mishaps that occurred]].

* BrokenBase: From chapters 1-2, [[spoiler: You have one half of the base who thinks Ray's imprisonment is justified since he caused alot of property destruction and law breaking, often shouting "realism" and the reasoning that no one seeing Ray's heroism negates it...and then you have the other half that thinks it isn't and the society of Meva City and the law is a complete trainwreck and that property damage shouldn't overshadow the fact that Ray has done a better job at fighting crime than anyone else at the moment regardless of the mishaps that occurred]].
* DesignatedMonkey: In the first two chapters, Scott expects the reader to view Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as justified by his recklessness and disregard for the law. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gave readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though Alice "Ally" Kitchen has played a relatively minor role in the comics since the first 3 volumes have been released, she's become one of the author's most popular characters amongst the Rayfox fanbase to the point that for all intents and purposes, she's Scott's mascot.

** In theory, the first two chapters are meant to establish Ray as a reckless vigilante whom refuses to acknowledge his destructive behavior has consequences. In practice, its hard not to sympathize with Ray 100% as a misunderstood hero who suffers from PowerIncontinence that Meva City would be worse off without given that the reader is fully aware of what was going on unlike the citizens as well as the fact that had he not got involved, [[FridgeHorror the officers wounded in the explosion could have instead ended up killed]] by the Port Town Gang, and [[spoiler: Morales would have ended up in their clutches had Ray [[RefusalOfTheCall chosen to not get involved]] like he initially planned]]…Unlike Asuka, he doesn't wait for someone to give him the order to stop crime, which makes it hard to really see him as anything but a victim of Meva City's inability to keep the peace and the S.O.S' slow-response time.
** Summer comes off as abrasive in the first two chapters she appears in, especially towards Ray, but its actually understandable in her case. Its implied she had a rough upkeeping and had to work to get where she is. [[spoiler: Ray on the other hand just got accepted after putting on a show when fighting the Port Town Gang and Liev twice, the latter which eventually caused Asuka to recruit him, which is in direct contrast to her. Add onto the fact that her job is at risk by the time the third chapter hits because of Asuka's lack of foresight, and its hard not to sympathize with her given that she had to go through a lot of hardships while Ray had very little, even if she isn't the primary protagonist]].

** Jak is meant to be seen as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold TeamDad boss to Ray and the rest of his employees, but his abrasive and demanding attitude even toward people like Liz who haven't done anything to justify his behavior toward them makes him largely come across as strictly a MeanBoss with his redeeming moments being miniscule at best. This is not helped by the how even when he recognizes he's made a mistake, like having Ray spar with the yak despite knowing he has a difficulty controlling his powers, he hardly does anything to make amends or even apologize.
** Asuka; In chapter 2, she's supposed to be seen as a TeamMom that's keeping Ray out of trouble by forcing him to hang up his vigilante act and imparting wisdom, but can be seen as [[LawfulStupid an pretentiously incompetent officer giving a rather short-sighted and patronizing lecture]] to Ray in Chapter 2, given that her team was nowhere to be found when the Port Town Gang attacked the Meva Arsenal and [[spoiler: kidnapped Morales]]. She almost got her entire team killed by Liev by leaving Ray with them [[DoubleStandard and didn't get chewed out for it by Carol like she did to Summer for coming to Asuka's aid]], and it took the very vigilante she tried to stop saving her team to help her realize [[CopsNeedTheVigilante just how badly he's needed around]]. [[spoiler: Despite her change of heart at the end of chapter 2 and convincing Morales to send him to the S.O.S, it's hard to see her as anything but self-righteous when she's [[TheCavalryArrivesLate inable to actually step in when needed]] save for when Liev tried to kill Ray and Liz (and even then, that was just so she could arrest the former)]].

*** Morales' lack of common sense or pragmatism puts him a negative light (especially given the subtle double standard since he seemingly was willing to recruit Natasha, an ''actual'' criminal, for a bodyguard) [[spoiler: at least until Asuka convinces him to release Ray to the S.O.S]]. Add onto the fact that Morales won't shut up about taxpayer money and was rather antagonistic towards Ray early on in Chapter 1, from spewing demagoguery about him to taunting him in a demonstration match, and it becomes easy to lose all respect for him by chapter 3 regardless of whatever redeeming qualities he has or displays later on. [[spoiler: This is not helped the fact that he doesn't even remotely acknowledge the fact Ray saved him from the Port Town Gang and intended to persecute him like it didn't happen at all, you'd be forgiven for thinking the comic ''itself'' forgot it happened along with him.]]
*** The people of Meva city tend to come off as [[UngratefulBastard ingrates]] and an EasilySwayedPopulation as well; its true that Ray caused a lot of destruction in his attempts at heroism and he ''did'' hurt some people inadvertently, but be that as it may, they weren't ''killed''. [[IdiotBall Not one of them bothers to really look into what actually happened in full detail]] to fully comprehend what was going on and they [[spoiler: ''still'' blame him for a train being cut in half despite that Halberd did it infront of everyone when the Port Town Gang kidnapped Morales]]...one cant help but think its not ''just'' Ray that's the issue; its the Meva Province itself and its people as well.

** Jak is presenting to an audience a demonstration of his Black-Boxing martial art to promote it and even plans to have one of his students fight a large Yak to demonstrate it's effectiveness.\\

'''Result:''' While Ray was to mostly able to dominate the fight at first, he ends up accidently settling the Yak's shorts on fire. Ray in a panic tries to put out said flame but the yak sees an opening and knocks Ray out, leaving both Ray and Jak embarrassed in front of a large crowd of onlookers.

'''You'd expect:''' Asuka would see this as an opportunity to have a new recruit for the S.O.S and a learning moment for Ray as to ''why'' his vigilantism is bad and how her way of fighting crime is better.\\
'''Instead:''' She condescendingly lectures him, forces him to hang up his vigilante act and tells him to let the police handle incidents (which the Port Town Gang showed why that was already an exercise in futility), then sends him off with another S.O.S team to bring him home while going her own way.\\
'''Result:''' Ray is left vulnerable and she puts him and her entire team at risk by leaving him with them. Case in point, Liev knocks over the vehicle that he was in and Ray essentially has to risk his life to protect ''her'' team, including Summer, because of her lack of foresight.

* UnintentinallySympathetic:

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though Alice "Ally" Kitchen has played a relatively minor role in the comics since the first 3 volumes have been released, she's become one of the author's most popular characters amongst the Rayfox fanbase to the point that for all intents and purposes, she's Scott's mascot.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though Alice "Ally" Kitchen has played a relatively minor role in the comics since the first 3 volumes have been released, she's become one of the author's most popular characters amongst the Rayfox fanbase to the point that for all intents and purposes, she's Scott's mascot.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jak is presenting to an audience a demonstration of his Black-Boxing martial art to promote it and even plans to have one of his students fight a large Yak to demonstrate it's effectiveness.\\
'''You'd expect:''' He'd have a second tier student go into the ring to spar with the Yak to demonstrate Black-Boxing and ignore any protests Ray might have.\\
'''Instead:''' Jak has Ray go into the ring due to him technically being his best student, despite knowing Ray [[PowerIncontinence has trouble controlling his pyrokinesis]].\\
'''Result:''' While Ray was to mostly able to dominate the fight at first, he ends up accidently settling the Yak's shorts on fire. Ray in a panic tries to put out said flame but the yak sees an opening and knocks Ray out, leaving both Ray and Jak embarrassed in front of a large crowd of onlookers.
** Khali witnesses [[spoiler: a train get cut in half by Halberd in an attempt to stop him from saving Morales, and then sees the Blaze step in to fight Halberd]].\\
'''You'd expect:''' Khali would have told Morales what happened and informed him of the details of who saved him.\\
'''Instead:''' He doesn't even ''bother'' to make an effort to actually say anything.\\
'''Result:''' The Blaze, [[spoiler: AKA Ray]], is blamed for a train getting cut in half and Morales still treats him with contempt even though his life was saved by the very person he helped to slander, and Khali knows he bears responsibility for [[spoiler: Ray's imprisonment, as shown by his guilty glance in Chapter 3 when Asuka was convincing Morales to release him to the S.O.S]].
** Asuka has helped Ray escaped law enforcement after they were looking for him\\
'''You'd expect:''' Asuka would see this as an opportunity to have a new recruit for the S.O.S and a learning moment for Ray as to ''why'' his vigilantism is bad and how her way of fighting crime is better.\\
'''Instead:''' She condescendingly lectures him, forces him to hang up his vigilante act and tells him to let the police handle incidents (which the Port Town Gang showed why that was already an exercise in futility), then sends him off with another S.O.S team to bring him home while going her own way.\\
'''Result:''' Ray is left vulnerable and she puts him and her entire team at risk by leaving him with them. Case in point, Liev knocks over the vehicle that he was in and Ray essentially has to risk his life to protect ''her'' team, including Summer, because of her lack of foresight.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Jak is meant to be seen as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold TeamDad boss to Ray and the rest of his employees, but his abrasive and demanding attitude even toward people like Liz who haven't done anything to justify his behavior toward them makes him largely come across as strictly a MeanBoss with his redeeming moments being miniscule at best. This is not helped by the how even when he recognizes he's made a mistake, like having Ray spar with the yak despite knowing he has a difficulty controlling his powers, he hardly does anything to make amends or even apologize.
** Asuka; In chapter 2, she's supposed to be seen as a TeamMom that's keeping Ray out of trouble by forcing him to hang up his vigilante act and imparting wisdom, but can be seen as [[LawfulStupid an pretentiously incompetent officer giving a rather short-sighted and patronizing lecture]] to Ray in Chapter 2, given that her team was nowhere to be found when the Port Town Gang attacked the Meva Arsenal and [[spoiler: kidnapped Morales]]. She almost got her entire team killed by Liev by leaving Ray with them [[DoubleStandard and didn't get chewed out for it by Carol like she did to Summer for coming to Asuka's aid]], and it took the very vigilante she tried to stop saving her team to help her realize [[CopsNeedTheVigilante just how badly he's needed around]]. [[spoiler: Despite her change of heart at the end of chapter 2 and convincing Morales to send him to the S.O.S, it's hard to see her as anything but self-righteous when she's [[TheCavalryArrivesLate inable to actually step in when needed]] save for when Liev tried to kill Ray and Liz (and even then, that was just so she could arrest the former)]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic:
** Summer comes off as abrasive in the first two chapters she appears in, especially towards Ray, but its actually understandable in her case. Its implied she had a rough upkeeping and had to work to get where she is. Ray on the other hand just got accepted after putting on a show when fighting the Port Town Gang and Liev twice, the latter which eventually caused Asuka to recruit him, which is in direct contrast to her. Add onto the fact that her job is at risk by the time the third chapter hits because of Asuka's lack of foresight, and its hard not to sympathize with her given that she had to go through a lot of hardships while Ray had very little, even if she isn't the primary protagonist.

** The very fact that the Morales and the entirety of Meva City just choose to paint Ray as an arsonist simply because of the property damage without having anyone look into what ''actually happened'' or bother to find witnesses/recounts of the events that were shown in ''the comic'' (especially since he technically saved lives in both) tends to leave a bad impression of both early on for readers whom have only read the comics at that point when [[spoiler: Ray's [[KickTheDog arrest and imprisonment occurs]]]].
*** Morales' lack of common sense or pragmatism puts him a negative light (especially given the subtle double standard since he seemingly was willing to recruit Natasha, an ''actual'' criminal, for a bodyguard) [[spoiler: at least until Asuka convinces him to release Ray to the S.O.S]]. Add onto the fact that Morales won't shut up about taxpayer money and was rather antagonistic towards Ray early on in Chapter 1, from spewing demagoguery about him to taunting him in a demonstration match, and it becomes easy to lose all respect for him by chapter 3 regardless of whatever redeeming qualities he has or displays later on. [[spoiler: This is not helped the fact that he doesn't even remotely acknowledge the fact Ray saved him from the Port Town Gang and intended to persecute him like it didn't happen at all, you'd be forgiven for thinking the comic ''itself'' forgot it happened along with him.]]
*** The people of Meva city tend to come off as [[UngratefulBastard ingrates]] and an EasilySwayedPopulation as well; its true that Ray caused a lot of destruction in his attempts at heroism and he ''did'' hurt some people inadvertently, but be that as it may, they weren't ''killed''. [[IdiotBall Not one of them bothers to really look into what actually happened in full detail]] to fully comprehend what was going on and they [[spoiler: ''still'' blame him for a train being cut in half despite that Halberd did it infront of everyone when the Port Town Gang kidnapped Morales]]...one cant help but think its not ''just'' Ray that's the issue; its the Meva Province itself and its people as well.

** In theory, the first two chapters are meant to establish Ray as a reckless vigilante whom refuses to acknowledge his destructive behavior has consequences. In practice, its hard not to sympathize with Ray 100% as a misunderstood hero who suffers from PowerIncontinence that Meva City would be worse off without given that the reader is fully aware of what was going on unlike the citizens as well as the fact that had he not got involved, [[FridgeHorror the officers wounded in the explosion could have instead ended up killed]] by the Port Town Gang, and [[spoiler: Morales would have ended up in their clutches had Ray [[RefusalOfTheCall chosen to not get involved]] like he initially planned]]…Unlike Asuka, he doesn't wait for someone to give him the order to stop crime, which makes it hard to really see him as anything but a victim of Meva City's inability to keep the peace and the S.O.S' slow-response time.
** Summer comes off as abrasive in the first two chapters she appears in, especially towards Ray, but its actually understandable in her case. Its implied she had a rough upkeeping and had to work to get where she is. [[spoiler: Ray on the other hand just got accepted after putting on a show when fighting the Port Town Gang and Liev twice, the latter which eventually caused Asuka to recruit him, which is in direct contrast to her. Add onto the fact that her job is at risk by the time the third chapter hits because of Asuka's lack of foresight, and its hard not to sympathize with her given that she had to go through a lot of hardships while Ray had very little, even if she isn't the primary protagonist]].

* BrokenBase: From chapters 1-2, [[spoiler: You have one half of the base who thinks Ray's imprisonment is justified since he caused alot of property destruction and law breaking, often shouting "realism" and the reasoning that no one seeing Ray's heroism negates it...and then you have the other half that thinks it isn't and the society of Meva City and the law is a complete trainwreck and that property damage shouldn't overshadow the fact that Ray has done a better job at fighting crime than anyone else at the moment regardless of the mishaps that occurred]].
* DesignatedMonkey: In the first two chapters, Scott expects the reader to view Ray's persecution at the hands of Morales and the people of Meva City as justified by his recklessness and disregard for the law. Yet the story fails to actually present any negative consequences bad enough to convince the reader to side with S.O.S in that regard (or at least convince the reader to see the negatives as outweighing the positives) and only gave readers the impression that S.O.S and Morales are acting on LawfulStupid at best or being oppressively authoritarian at worst. Even then, this is not helped by how most moments of collateral damage have come across less as recklessness from Ray and more PowerIncontinence.

* AudienceAwarenessAdvantage: Despite that Meva City despises Ray from chapters 1 through 3, its easier for the audience to be critical of Morales and the Meva Province while being sympathetic to Ray given that unlike the citizens, ''they'' know what actually happens in full context.