History YMMV / TheUnbelievableGwenpool

** ''Love Unlimited: Gwenpool'' is highly contentious with Gwen fans. Some people enjoy Marvel focusing on aromantic and asexual representation, while others feel it's completely out of character for Gwen given she's been shown to have multiple crushes, has behaved hypersexually, and even previously labeled herself bisexual, feeling the arc should have been given to a different character.

* PeripheryDemographic: Despite at first impressions being a DistaffCounterpart Deadpool ripoff but in a ManicPixieDreamGirl style, the comic has found followers in imageboards of all places, noticeably 8chan which users usually despise everything Marvel.
** The backhands Gwen has given to Marvel, like complaining about Bendis' writing or mentioning how Secret Wars would probably mess up any current plot certainly help.

* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler: Evil Gwenpool is certainly more curvy than her good counterpart.]]

* RootingForTheEmpire: A lot of fans found themselves rooting for the evil future Gwen and wanted to see her succeed in turning our Gwen evil. The evil Gwen is fun, powerful, [[EvilIsSexy sexy]], and is offering Gwen near-ultimate power without ([[StatusQuoIsGod permanently]]) hurting anyone. While our Gwen ultimately refuses to torture people she cares about, fans thought that her becoming this awesome character would be a great twist of events. This type of reaction generally comes from people who missed that Gwen supposed to be a {{self insert|Fic}} character and horrifies those who didn't.

*** In 2023, Gwenpool was confirmed asexual, but true to it's Sacred Cow status, many people were mad, claiming that just because the original plot lacked romance or sex, doesn't mean Gwenpool must be asexual, and that it's a shallow way to justify not having sex/romance in your story, and that implies that a story must have otherwise.

* CommonKnowledge: Despite being a blonde named Gwen, Gwenpool is ''not'' an alternate version of Gwen Stacy like ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Her name actually is Gwen Poole[[note]]Her full name is Gwendolyn Poole[[/note]]. the misconception stems from the character ''originating'' as this in her first appearance on a Deadpool "Gwen Stacy" variant cover, which in turn was a part of a series of Gwen variants released in response to ComicBook/SpiderGwen's sudden popularity, before later being given a proper origin. Various portrayals of Spider-Gwen going on to sport this character's pink highlights in ''Franchise/MarvelRising'', ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' doesn't help. It is even lampshaded on one occasion, with Deadpool using this to mock Gwen during a fight.

** ''Love Unlimited: Gwenpool'' is highly contentious with Gwen fans. Some people enjoy Marvel focusing on aromantic and asexual representation, while others feel it's completely out of character for Gwen given she's been shown to have multiple crushes,, has behaved hypersexually, and even previously labeled herself bisexual, feeling the arc should have been given to a different character.

* BrokenBase: ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''. Was it a fun, offbeat miniseries that managed to pull off a great twist showed that writer Leah Williams really did understand and respect the character, and ended on a clever, positive note that ensured Gwen succeeded in having a bright future in the Marvel universe? Or was it an irritating ride that forsook everything that fans liked about Gwenpool for the sake of that SadClown twist, with the ending where Gwen [[spoiler:seemingly becomes a mutant due to Kamala Khan inadvertently rewriting her backstory]] also retroactively cheapening her powerset?

** In 2023, Gwenpool was confirmed asexual, but true to it's Sacred Cow status, many people were mad, claiming that just because the original plot lacked romance or sex, doesn't mean Gwenpool must be asexual, and that it's a shallow way to justify not having sex/romance in your story.

* CommonKnowledge: Despite being a blonde named Gwen, Gwenpool is ''not'' an alternate version of Gwen Stacy like ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Her name actually is Gwen Poole. the misconception stems from the character ''originating'' as this in her first appearance on a Deadpool "Gwen Stacy" variant cover, which in turn was a part of a series of Gwen variants released in response to ComicBook/SpiderGwen's sudden popularity, before later being given a proper origin. Various portrayals of Spider-Gwen going on to sport this character's pink highlights in ''Franchise/MarvelRising'', ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' doesn't help. It is even lampshaded on one occasion, with Deadpool using this to mock Gwen during a fight.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The initial basis for Gwenpool - [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] BUT AS [[{{ComicBook/Deadpool}} DEADPOOL]] - wasn't well received as a series concept, but the reinterpretation of her as a different flavor of MetaGuy to Deadpool with no relation to Gwen Stacy beyond their first name and hair color was better received, as was her debut story in ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck''.
** Upon release, ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' proved to be a rather ContestedSequel, with many criticizing it for not staying true to Christopher Hasting's characterization, having more ''Deadpool''-esque humor, and boasting [[HotterAndSexier excessive fanservice]]. And then the final issues reveals that [[MetaTwist this was the entire point]]; Gwen's actions are desperate and panicked last-ditch efforts to win over readers and avoid getting killed off for being unpopular, with the final issue having another character directly confront her about her uncharacteristically maniac and unhinged behavior. While the mini-series overall maintains a divisive reputation, this revelation made several fans view the story arc in a more positive light.

* BrokenBase: ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''. Was it a fun, offbeat miniseries that managed to pull off a great twist showed that writer Leah Williams really did understand and respect the character, and ended on a clever, positive note that ensured Gwen succeeded in having a bright future in the Marvel universe? Or was it an irritating ride that forsook everything that fans liked about Gwenpool for the sake of that SadClown twist, with the ending where Gwen [[spoiler:becomes a mutant due to Kamala Khan inadvertently rewriting her backstory]] retroactively cheapening her powerset?

* BrokenBase: ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''. Was it a fun, offbeat miniseries that managed to pull off a great twist showed that writer Leah Williams really did understand and respect the character, and ended on a clever, positive note that ensured Gwen succeed in having a bright future in the Marvel universe? Or was it an irritating ride that forsook everything that fans liked about Gwenpool for the sake of that SadClown twist, with the ending where Gwen [[spoiler:becomes a mutant due to Kamala Khan inadvertently rewriting her backstory]] retroactively cheapening her powerset.

** Upon release, ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' proved to be a rather ContestedSequel, with many criticizing it for not staying true to Christopher Hasting's characterization, the humor, and the [[HotterAndSexier excessive fanservice.]] And then the final issues reveals that [[MetaTwist this was the point]]; Gwen's actions are desperate and panicked last-ditch efforts to win over readers and avoid getting killed off for being unpopular, with another character even pointing out that she's been acting surprisingly maniac and unhinged. While there were still people critical of the mini-series, this revelation ended up making more fans view the story arc in a more positive light.
* CommonKnowledge: Despite being a blonde named Gwen, Gwenpool is ''not'' an alternate version of Gwen Stacy like ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Her name actually is Gwen Poole. the misconception stems from the character ''originating'' as this in her first appearance on a Deadpool "Gwen Stacy" variant cover, which in turn was a part of a series of Gwen variants released in response to ComicBook/SpiderGwen's sudden popularity, before later being given a proper origin. Gwenpool's pink highlights in her hair, via an artist mix-up, now getting transferred to Spider-Gwen in ''Franchise/MarvelRising'', ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' doesn't help.

** For some, ''Comicbook/{{West Coast Avengers|2018}}'' came close to being seen as managing to be a faithful depiction, but others decry this incarnation to be too similar to her "Howard the Duck" persona, with other complains being that Gwenpool was surrounded by heroes but barely [[{{Squee}} reacts to it]], and then she starts having an [[ChasteHero active romantic relationship]].

* SacredCow: The original run, it comes to the point people will criticize any other series of Gwenpool BEFORE they come out just for not being written by [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight Hastings]] even with his blessing.

* CommonKnowledge: Despite being a blonde named Gwen, Gwenpool is ''not'' an alternate version of Gwen Stacy like ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Her name actually is Gwen Poole. the misconception stems from the character ''originating'' as this in her first appearance on a Deadpool "Gwen Stacy" variant cover, which in turn was a part of a series of Gwen variants released in response to ComicBook/SpiderGwen's sudden popularity, before later being given a proper origin.

* WhatAnIdiot: Gwen [[spoiler:casually trying to shoot ComicBook/MilesMorales' classmate on the basis of him being "a bad guy", despite it being ''incredibly'' obvious that he would object.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The initial basis for Gwenpool - [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] BUT AS [[{{ComicBook/Deadpool}} DEADPOOL]] - wasn't well received as a series concept, but the reinterpretation of her as a different flavor of MetaGuy to Deadpool with no relation to Gwen Stacy beyond their first name and hair color was better received, as was her debut story in ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck''.

** Upon release, ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' proved to be a rather ContestedSequel, with many criticizing it for not staying true to Christopher Hasting's characterization, the humor, and the [[HotterAndSexier excessive fanservice.]] And then the final issues reveals that it was all a meta commentary, and Gwen's actions are desperate and panicked last ditch efforts to win over readers and avoid getting killed off for being unpopular. It is even noted that this stress is the main reason why she's more unhinged than her previous appearances, with other characters commenting as such. While there were still people critical of the series, this revelation ended up warming up a lot of opinions on towards the mini series.