History YMMV / TheatreIlluminataTrilogy

* {{Designated Hero}}: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theater with no provocation whatsoever yet it's viewed it as a matter of [[{{Karma Houdini}} liberation and blithe freedom]]. All of the [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} noble and decent characters respect and admire her]], or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the one person who rightfully objects to this behavior, the [[{{Unintentionally Sympathetic}} stage manager]], is just [[{{Designated Villain}} a misguided bore]] for being upset that his livelihood is under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]]. Apparently it's so evil for someone to oppose Bertie that it's fine [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} to attack the stage manager with a sword and threaten to cut off his ear ]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right].
* {{Creators Pet}}: Given how the whole book seems more dedicated to her unremarkable coming-of-age story, while reducing iconic heroes to voiceless extras with no development, Bertie was bound to be this from the get-go; despite being the main character. Readers looking for an inventive plot involving tragic heroes and archetypes will probably end up being irritated by some bratty teen whose relevance to the story serves no justifiable purpose.

* TheScrappy: [[DesignatedHero Bertie]], for being, as mentioned above, [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and [[HeroInsurance destructive]], with [[KarmaHoudini no comeuppance.]]
** Many also found [[SmallAnnoyingCreature the fairies]] irritating for getting constant spotlight while contributing basically nothing, except crude humor.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The Stage Manager in "Eyes Like Stars". For all intents and purposes, [[{{Designated Hero}} Bertie]] is the one readers are expected to side with while [[{{Designated Villain}} opposing him]] whenever he flips out on her for causing trouble. [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} He's the bad guy]] for being happy that the girl who wrecks so much havoc on his theater (and livelihood) may [[{{Karma Houdini}} finally]] be getting some comeuppance and get kicked out for good. Yet, the [[{{Informed Wrongness}} narrative]] treats him like he's a huge jerk who's reasons are completely unfounded and even deserving of [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} grievous injury]]...

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Theatre Illuminata]] is an interesting concept that doesn't get developed ''nearly'' as much as it deserves, due to the constant focus on [[JerkSue Bertie]].

* {{Designated Hero}}: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theater with no provocation whatsoever yet it's viewed it as a matter of [[{{Karma Houdini}} liberation and blithe freedom]]. All of the [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} noble and decent characters respect and admire her]], or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the one person who rightfully objects to this behavior, the [[{{Unintentionally Sympathetic}} stage manager]], is just [[{{Designated Villain}} a misguided bore]] for being upset that his livelihood is under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]]. Apparently it's so evil for someone to oppose Bertie that it's fine [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} to attack the stage manager with a sword and threaten to cut off his ear ]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right and remains the [[{{Jerk Sue}} Golden Girl of the theater]].

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl among an assortment of [[{{Public Domain Character}} Public Domain Characters]] bears an striking similarity to self-insert fan-fiction. Right down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and hogging page time from all of the [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, but mostly anonymous, figures]] until every relevant plot point or character motivation leads back to her.

* TheScrappy: [[DesignatedHero Bertie]], for being, as mentioned above, [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[HeroInsurance destructive]], and just generally ''[[JerkSue awful]]'' to everyone around her, with [[KarmaHoudini no comeuppance.]]

* {{Designated Hero}}: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theater with no provocation whatsoever yet it's viewed it as a matter of [[{{Karma Houdini}} liberation and blithe freedom]]. All of the [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} noble and decent characters respect and admire her]], or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the one person who rightfully objects to this behavior, the [[{{Unintentionally Sympathetic}} stage manager]], is just [[{{Designated Villain}} a misguided bore]] for being upset that his livelihood is under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]]. Apparantly it's so evil for someone to oppose Bertie that it's fine [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} to attack the stage manager with a sword and threaten to cut off his ear ]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right and remains the [[{{Jerk Sue}} Golden Girl of the theater]].

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl among an assortment of [[{{Public Domain Character}} Public Domain Characters]] bears an striking similarity to self-insert fan-fiction. Right down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and hogging page time from all of the [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, but mostly anonymous, figures]]until every relevant plot point or character motivation leads back to her.

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl among an assortment of [[{{Public Domain Character}} Public Domain Characters]] bears an striking similarity to self-insert fan-fiction. Right down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging]] page time from all of the [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, but mostly anonymous, figures]]until every relevant plot point or character motivation leads back to her.

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl among an assortment of[[{{Public Domain Character}} Public Domain Characters]] bears an striking similarity to self-insert fan-fiction. Right down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging]] page time from all of the [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, but mostly anonymous, figures]]until every relevant plot point or character motivation leads back to her.

* {{Creators Pet}}: Given how the whole book seems more dedicated to her unremarkable coming-of-age story, while reducing iconic heroes to voiceless extras with no development, Bertie was bound to be this from the get-go; despite being the main character. Readers looking for an inventive plot involving tragic heroes and archetypes will probably end up being irritated by some bratty teen whose relevance to the story serves almost no justifiable purpose.
* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl in a book featuring [[{{Historical Domain Character}} popular Shakespearean characters]] bears an striking similarity to many self-insert fan-fiction. Right down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging a disproportionate]] amount of page time from far more [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent figures]] until every relevant plot point or character motivation leads back to her.

* {{Creators Pet}}: Despite being the main character, Bertie fits this pretty well. Given how the whole book seems more dedicated to her unremarkable coming-of-age story, while reducing archetypal heroes to voiceless extras, she was bound to be this from the get-go. Readers looking for an inventive plot involving Shakespearean characters will probably end up being irritated by some bratty teen whose relevance to the story serves almost no justifiable purpose.
* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl in a book featuring [[{{Historical Domain Character}} popular Shakespearean characters]] bears an obnoxious similarity to many self-insert fan-fiction right to down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging a disproportionate]] amount of page time from far more [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, and interesting, figures]]. This isn't even getting into how every relevant plot point or character motivation always seems to lead back to her.

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl in a book featuring [[{{Historical Domain Character}} popular Shakespearean characters]] bears an obnoxious similarity to many self-insert fan-fiction right to down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging a disproportionate]] amount of page time from far more [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, and interesting, figures]]. This isn't even getting into how every relevant plot point or character motivation always seems to lead back to her. * RomanticPlotTumor: The LoveTriangle between Bertie, Nate and Ariel feels forced at many points and mostly just draws focus away from the main story.

* {{Creator's Pet}}: Despite being the main character, Bertie fits this pretty well. Given how the whole book seems more dedicated to her unremarkable coming-of-age story, rather than the far more intriguing aspects of its premise, she was bound to be this from the get-go. Readers looking for an inventive plot involving Shakespearean characters will probably end up being irritated by some bratty teen whose relevance to the story serves almost no justifiable purpose.
* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl in a book featuring [[{{Historical Domain Character}} popular Shakespearean characters]] bears an obnoxious similarity to many self-insert fan-fiction right to down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging a disproportionate]] amount of page time from far more [[{{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, and interesting, figures]]. This isn't even getting into how every relevant plot point or character motivation always seems to lead back to her. Or powers that seem to come out of no where.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The LoveTriangle between Bertie, Nate and Ariel feels forced at many points and mostly just draws focus away from the main story.

* {{Mary Sue}}: Bertie's role as some random girl in a book featuring {{Historical Domain Characters}} bears an obnoxious similarity to many self-insert fan-fiction right to down to the original character being inexplicably related to a well-established, popular character and [[{{Designated Protagonist Syndrome}} hogging a disproportionate]] amount of page time from far more [[{{Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}} prominent, and interesting, characters]]. This isn't even getting into how every relevant plot point always seems to lead back to her or how every other character seemed preoccupied with her for some reason.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Theatre Illuminata]] is an interesting concept that doesn't get developed ''nearly'' as much as it deserves, due to [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome the constant focus on]] [[JerkSue Bertie]].

* DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome: Bertie. She's not particularly interesting or likeable, but she gets focus over every other character.

* {{Designated Hero}}: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theatre with no provocation whatsoever yet it's viewed it as a matter of [[{{Karma Houdini}} liberation and blithe freedom]]. All of the [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} noble and decent characters respect and admire her]], or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the one person who rightfully objects to this behaviour, the [[{{Unintentionally Sympathetic}} stage manager]], is just [[{{Designated Villain}} a misguided bore]] for being upset that his livelihood is under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]]. Apparantly it's so evil for someone to oppose Bertie that it's fine [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} to attack the stage manager with a sword and threaten to cut off his ear ]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right and remains the [[{{Jerk Sue}} Golden Girl of the theatre]].

* RomanticPlotTumor: The LoveTriangle between Bertie, Nate and Ariel feels forced at many points and mostly just draws focus away from the main story.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: The Stage Manager in "Eyes Like Stars". For all intents and purposes, [[{{Designated Hero}} Bertie]] is the one readers are expected to side with while [[{{Designated Villain}} opposing him]] whenever he flips out on her for causing trouble. [[{{Protagonist Centered Morality}} He's the bad guy]] for being happy that the girl who wrecks so much havoc on his theatre (and livelihood) may [[{{Karma Houdini}} finally]] be getting some comeuppance and get kicked out for good. Yet, the [[{{Informed Wrongness}} narrative]] treats him like he's a huge jerk who's reasons are completely unfounded and even deserving of [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} grievous injury]]...

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Anyone who [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully calls]] [[DesignatedHero Bertie]] [[JerkassHasAPoint out on her rotten behavior]] is immediately branded wrong, and when she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screws up]], she just [[NeverMyFault blames it on others]], never taking responsibility for ''any'' of her actions.

* {{Designated Hero}}: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theatre with no provocation whatsoever and treats it as a matter of [[{{Rebel Without A Cause}} liberation and freedom]]. All of the noble and decent characters respect and admire her, or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the ones who rightfully object to this behaviour, namely the [[{{The Chew Toy}} stage manager]], are just [[{{Designated Villains}} misguided bores]] for being upset that their livelihoods are under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]] even threatening to [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} cut the stage managers ear off with a sword]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right and remains the [[{{Jerk Sue}} Golden Girl of the theatre]].

* Designated Hero: Bertie. To elaborate, the reader is treated to her causing a bunch trouble around the theatre with no provocation whatsoever and treats it as a matter of [[{{Rebel Without A Cause}} liberation and freedom]]. All of the noble and decent characters respect and admire her, or [[{{Easily Forgiven}} are at least willing to give her a second chance]], while the ones who rightfully object to this behaviour, namely the [[{{The Chew Toy}} stage manager]], are just [[{{Designated Villains}} misguided bores]] for being upset that their livelihoods are under fire by some bratty teenager. She's responsible for half of the bad things that occur in the book, yet she gets away with [[{{Never My Fault}} blaming everyone else]] even threatening to [[{{Disproportionate Retribution}} cut the stage managers ear off with a sword]] when he calls her out on it. She does nothing but act [[{{Jerkass}} rude and inconsiderate]] toward just about everyone yet she's always in the right and remains the [[{{Jerk Sue}} Golden Girl of the theatre]].