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  • Alternative Character Interpretation:
    • Lindsey from "I'm Dating My Stepbrother" claims she fell in love with her adoptive brother Jayden because she was finally able to see facets of him that he didn't show at home. But some commenters have suggested that her reasons were more shallow, falling for him because he was a popular star athlete.
    • Mark from "My Bf Plays With Barbies. Creepy!" insists he wasn't actually stalking Ashley (the narrator) and that he had nothing to do with the many texts and calls she received. Was he telling the truth?
  • Designated Hero: Joanne from "My Nerd Sis Stabbed Me In The Back To Steal My Bf" considers herself a victim of betrayal and the episode seems to agree... even though she backstabbed Mike first by pretending to like him so she could manipulate him into helping her pass her classes instead of just doing the simple thing and asking him to tutor her.
  • Designated Villain: In I'm A Slave To My Stepmother, the stepmother is labeled a spoiled, lazy Wicked Stepmother. All she does is have her stepdaughter do chores while she's pregnant and, then later, get her to babysit her new brother.
  • Narm: Noah from "My Parents Left Me At The Hospital To Die. My Gf Remained With Me Till The End" uses a pretty goofy voice when imitating his parents. This isn't too bad at first... but when he uses this voice while recounting a Calling the Old Man Out moment that's supposed to be very dramatic, it provokes some bad laughs in the viewer.
  • So Bad, It's Good: It’s near universally agreed that almost every story (if not all of them) on the channel is fake and most of them are very poorly written and read like self-insert fan fiction. However the stilted animation, highly improbable and absurd stories, and flat narration from the voice actors result in the videos being very good riffing material.
  • Unintentionally Sympathetic: Mike and Laurie from "My Nerd Sis Stabbed Me In The Back To Steal My Bf" are treated as the bad guys for setting up Joanne to fail her exams. But considering this was out of revenge for Joanne manipulating Mike into helping her get good grades, it's not hard to see what they did as understandable or even outright justified.
  • Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
    • I Failed To Save My Girl From Her Father is about a teenager who learns his girlfriend and her mother are being abused. Instead of doing anything about it, he breaks up with her and mentions not regretting it. He's depicted as in-the-right for it, but he comes off as unsympathetic for not reporting to anyone that his ex-girlfriend is being abused by her dad.
    • Abby from "I Woke To Be 300 Pounds". Aside from the clickbait title (that leads most people to believe the story itself is false), she is supposed to be sympathetic due to being mercilessly bullied at school over her weight, but despite her increasingly poor health, the heartbreak of her mother desperately trying to keep her away from junk food and her 600-pound father eventually DYING due to his weight, this does zilch to prompt her to change. Eventually, her health put her in the hospital, the vomiting ruined her teeth, and that she was apparently celebrating getting to 300 pounds by the age of 15 while simultaneously dropping out of school and complaining that she'll never be able to work due to having no skills. The comment section for the video (which also touted an alleged part two to the story that never came) mostly didn't side with the girl and it prompted the story to be deleted and reuploaded to the similar My Story Animated... which received a near-identical response. It's now considered a Missing Episode on both channels.

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