| 1 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the second season, Payton claims he wasn't sexually attracted to River, he just wanted to be close to him. Given that they had a sexual relationship and Payton is clearly deeply affected by his death, to the point of still [[DeadPersonConversation seeing and talking to him]] ''years'' later, the resounding fan response to this has been, "Bull''shit''." Many believe Payton was either lying to Astrid to cover up how he really felt, or he was still in denial, because admitting he loved River would be too much for him to deal with. |
| 2 | * FanPreferredCouple: Payton/River is by far the biggest ship in the fandom, eclipsing Payton/Alice in popularity. Many fans ship [[ShipMates Alice and Astrid together as well]]. |
| 3 | * InformedAbility: Many people on the show claim that Payton is a great politician. While it is established that Payton has good political ''instincts'' along with a talent for both strategy and microtargeting, he leaves much to be desired as the face of a campaign: he seems unfamiliar with many aspects of campaigning (he makes what is apparently his first barn-burner speech to a crowd only halfway through the second season), he relies heavily on cheap shots and dirty tricks, and Payton himself tends to spend his campaigns lurching from one political or personal disaster to the next. |
| 4 | * JustHereForGodzilla: The general consensus is that one of the only reasons to watch this show is to see Creator/BenPlatt play the lead role. |
| 5 | * SpiritualAdaptation: A show about a calculating, nakedly ambitious teenage overachiever running for StudentCouncilPresident as a first step towards advancing a political career? Its first season can be easily described as ''Film/{{Election}}: The Series'', with Payton as a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] Tracy Flick, while later seasons promise to be the sequels that ''Election'' never got. |
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