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Bump.
I'll cut the Draco in Leather Pants and Ron the Death Eater entries for the reasons discussed, and replace Designated Hero with Unintentionally Unsympathetic as they're a deliberately flawed character but was more than intended. Any objections?
And does "works that were seen as normalizing sexual harassment, molestation, and assault by treating it as a joke" fit Do Not Do This Cool Thing? Or not in this case as audiences rejecting the work over it is the opposite?
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught

The only items under YMMV.The Review Team, YMMV.Abuse Of Power MHA, YMMV.FUDW, YMMV.Harry Potter And The Endless Night are misuse of Draco in Leather Pants and Ron the Death Eater, which only apply to the source material subject to such not specific works doing it like these. Just heads up before removing.
YMMV.Ask Princess Molestia has a DLIP I question if applicable given the contentious nature of the work (which ran right as such content was becoming seen a no longer acceptable).
- Condemned by History: At the time of its introduction around 2011, the blog became very popular (reaching ~ 68,600 followers by its closure in 2014) for its artwork, regular updates, absurd premise, and saucy comedy. By 2013, growing backlash against the Ron the Death Eater treatment of Princess Celestia and works that were seen as normalizing sexual harassment, molestation, and assault by treating it as a joke led to the "Down With Molestia" movement where so many turned against the blog that it abruptly shut down a year later. Nowadays, no one remembers the blog or the eponymous character very fondly, with its only saving graces being the character of Gamer Luna and the artwork. Asking it it was popular at time enough to count despite subject, and if retroactive popularity changes effect Designated Hero or Draco in Leather Pants. And does "normalize" mean Do Not Do This Cool Thing as attempts to treat as wrong were undercut by treating it as entertainment?
- Designated Hero: Many fans consider Molestia's character to be more fitting as a villain or at the very least an anti-hero considering what she does on her prime time and how she often acts insincere and selfish. Yet many of her friends treat her like a hero and it's not hard to see why at times. Last part sorta argues with itself. But if fans do hate her for such that's opposite of DILP. Maybe Unintentionally Unsympathetic better fit as she was meant to be deliberately flawed for such?
- Draco in Leather Pants: A lot of fans will quickly dismiss Molly's actions as being harmless and just tame despite Molly on certain crossovers have kidnapped and implied to have sexually assaulted a Fluffy Pony, chubby pony, or others, and on certain occasions depending on the writing to have genuinely treated and/or abused her guards, most of her friends including her own sister, and others like her own personal sex objects and nothing more without remorse or empathy, most of the time. Seems more like narrative whitewashing her than fans, who hated it to point of getting work canceled.
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught