History YMMV / Reign

** The scene in which [[spoiler: a Protestant radical whose son died because of religious violence rapes Mary as revenge]] stirred a lot of controversy. Some fans absolutely despised it, others thought the writers handled it well, and still others believed the aftermath, [[spoiler: Catherine helping Mary snap out of her HeroicBSOD]], was the only good part. Many people insist that there should have been [[spoiler: a trigger warning for it]], but many others disagree.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Lord Castleroy causes some conflict early in Season 2 when Greer discovers that he's a secret Protestant, but for some reason is nowhere to be seen as Francis' decrees against the Protestants escalate into a full scale rebellion.

** The introduction of even more supernatural elements in season 2 has the fans pretty well split.

** Also a lot of fans, against expectations, find the older characters, especially Henri and Catherine, far more interesting than the younger ones.

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: Henri forcing Bash and Kenna to get married in the middle of the night. Justified, because Henri's mental illness leads him to make dramatic, irrational decisions at the drop of a hat.]]

** [[spoiler: Henri's death, in which he shows great empathy and compassion to his family in his final moments as he never had when he was living and confesses to murdering his older brother. Worse yet, Francis is the one who killed him (in disguise) and the guilts starts to eat at him.]] Francis storms out of the sickroom nearly in tears and across from him is Bash, who came to [[spoiler: see their father one last time only to hear that he's already dead. Bash kneels before his brother, but Francis lifts him up and hugs him tightly.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Arguably, those interested in the history of France and Scotland's union or 1500's history, may be disappointed to know that the show is mostly TeenDrama, and romance, which will likely not appeal to history buffs.

** The introduction of explicit supernatural elements in season 2, after the first season's more subtle MaybeMagicMaybeMundane approach, has the fans pretty well split.

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: Greer and Leith are separated after they were found kissing. She has to marry someone else and he's force to leave the palace. He returns a war hero with land, but its still not enough to be on Greer's social level and they part on bad terms.]]

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: Greer and Leith are separated after they were found kissing. She has to marry someone else and he's force to leave the palace.]]

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: Henri forcing Bash and Lola to get married in the middle of the night. Justified, because Henri's mental illness leads him to make dramatic, irrational decisions at the drop of a hat.]]

* Tearjerker: [[spoiler: Aylee and Clarissa's deaths]]

* GeniusBonus: Nostradamus really did serve as Catherine de' Medici's astrologer, and she took his prophecies very seriously. Also, he started out as a physician (and a foresighted one at that, refusing to bleed patients and recommendin cremation for the corpses of plague victims), so he probably did know more than your average Jean about poisons and sedatives.

* ShipToShipCombat: Frary (Francis/Mary) vs. Mabastian (Mary/Sebastian)

FanNickname: Mary, Teen of Scots.
* RecycledINSPACE: ''Series/GossipGirl IN THE RENAISSANCE!

FanNickname: Mary, Teen of Scots.