History YMMV / Runaways2017

* FantasyKitchenSink: The Runaways include [[spoiler:a mutant, an alien, and a witch.]] Since their parents are all part of the same evil cult, having such disparate backgrounds seems odd.

* HilariousInHindsight: The timing of filming the shows likely makes it impossible, but Nico and Molly rushing to put their hands on Old Lace can easily come off as a TakeThat to the infamous refusal to let anyone touch Lockjaw in ''Series/{{Inhumans}}''.

* InternetBackdraft: With the "Me too" movement in full swing by the time the show was released, it was the exact wrong time for the show to try to sell one of the heroes keeping an attempted rape secret to "protect" the victim.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Much like Lockjaw from ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' (but luckily with a much better liked show around it), everyone loves Old Lace the velociraptor. Especially popular is that the design manages to incorporate feathers like it's now believed dinosaurs had while still not messing too much with the classic image of them.

** The bizarre and pointless TakeThat to Music/WeirdAlYankovic, just casually thrown out like the show is completely confident that everyone watching will agree that he sucks despite his long and still going popularity. It comes off like someone behind the scenes really hates him for some reason and insisted it was put in.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans have not taken kindly to the ShrinkingViolet interpretation of Molly, the character who brought levity to a cast of angsty teens in the comics. Making her a ShrinkingViolet only made her blend into the rest of the cast.

** The PRIDE members strip down to their underwear before putting on their robes, but the crew seems to think only the MaleGaze deserves to be pandered to, meaning the women get long, loving shots panning over their scantily clad bodies while the men seem to teleport straight into the robes.

** The PRIDE members strip down to their underwear before putting on their robes, but the crew seems to have an issue with pandering at all to the FemaleGaze, meaning the women get long, loving shots panning over their scantily clad bodies while the men seem to teleport straight into the robes.
** The bizarre and pointless TakeThat to Music/WeirdAlYankovic, coming off like someone behind the scenes really hates him for some reason and insisted it was put in.

* BrokenBase: The series thus far lacks any kind of connection to the rest of the MCU, to the point of deliberately making no reference to Tina Minoru's appearance in ''Doctor Strange''. Some fans find this refreshing and helping the franchise to feel bigger with not everything needing an explicit connection, while others wonder what the point is of making it an MCU property (with the show runners still insisting that's the case).

* BrokenBase: The series thus far lacks any kind of connection to the rest of the MCU, to the point of deliberately making no reference to Tina Mobaru's appearance in ''Doctor Strange''. Some fans find this refreshing and helping the franchise to feel bigger with not everything needing an explicit connection, while others wonder what the point is of making it an MCU property (with the show runners still insisting that's the case).

* BrokenBase: The series thus far lacks any kind of connection to the rest of the MCU. Some fans find this refreshing and helping the franchise to feel bigger with not everything needing an explicit connection, while others wonder what the point is of making it an MCU property (with the show runners still insisting that's the case).

** A lot of fans have complained that Marvel chose a relatively skinny actress to play the noticeably heavyset Gert.

** Two casting decisions come in mind. The first is Victor Stein, who was a scrawny nerd in the comics, being played by the well-built Creator/JamesMarsters. Then there's Tina Minoru, whose actress, Brittany Ishibashi, is only 36 and looks [[OlderThanHeLooks younger than that]], and yet is supposedly old enough to have a teenage daughter.
*** Though to be fair, a 36 year old with a 16 year old daughter would’ve had her at 20, which is not at all out of the ordinary.

* BrokenBase:
** Molly Hayes becoming Molly Hernandes and gaining a RaceLift. Some people are fine with it, seeing that it doesn't change her core character and is a harmless change. Others are against the change in general, or are worried that the change in character will permanently affect how the public at large sees the character, or could lead to unnecessary changes in the comic books. (Marvel's been notorious for making a few elements in their books similar to the MCU, whether in the main continuity or alternate universes.)
** Whether or not TheMole should be the same one than in the original comics, has been a source of ''extremely'' heated debate. Many fans of the original comic were not pleased with TheReveal in the original, but other fans argue that changing the identity of the mole would have drastic effects on the plot.
** The lack of any hint that Victor, Xavin, and Klara will appear in the series has the comic-book fandom divided. On the one hand, a lot of fans are willing to assume that if the first season succeeds, Marvel TV will find some way to bring in the second-generation characters. On the other hand, recent in-comic events have seen Victor killed off, and Xavin and Klara have both been missing for some time, and the 2017 comic-book series has made no mention of them, causing many second-generation fans to worry that Marvel is simply going to erase all three characters from continuity for the sake of synergy with the Hulu series.
** The announcement that the series would give a more sympathetic portrayal of the Pride has rankled many fans who worry that the Pride will actually develop a MisaimedFandom (especially the explicitly-abusive Victor Stein, who is played by James Marsters.) Other fans argue that making the Pride more sympathetic will make them more compelling. A third faction is okay with a more sympathetic Pride, but feels that the proposed manner for developing that sympathy - having episodes that show events of ''other'' episodes from the Pride's perspective, reeks of {{Padding}}.

** The announcement that the series would give a more sympathetic portrayal of the Pride has rankled many fans who worry that the Pride will actually develop a MisguidedFandom (especially the explicitly-abusive Victor Stein, who is played by James Marsters.) Other fans argue that making the Pride more sympathetic will make them more compelling. A third faction is okay with a more sympathetic Pride, but feels that the proposed manner for developing that sympathy - having episodes that show events of ''other'' episodes from the Pride's perspective, reeks of {{Padding}}.

** That Molly doesn't appear to be that much younger than the rest of the cast raised some eyebrows, though this may be a case of RealityIsUnrealistic, as the actress playing her ''is'' much younger than the rest of the cast. (14, compared to late teens/early twenties)