History Series / LoveVictor

** While never outright mean, Lake is very superficial and concerned with status at the top of season one. She becomes a lot nicer after dating Felix, and learns to put others in season 2.

* CureYourGays: Most of Father Lawrence’s scenes have him saying some variation of how Victor can be “saved” if everyone prays hard enough. Victor discusses this with Isabel and let’s her know how harmful it is for him to hear things like that.

--> ‘’Armando:''' He’s my son, and it’s who he is. I have to accept it.

** [[spoiler: This is played seriously when he repeats a Pastor saying Victor will go to Hell, which is just the shock Isabel needs to realize how hateful her church’s teachings are to her family.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi:

* Bittersweet17: Victor spends his sixteenth birthday party anxious about his growing feelings for Benji, trying to keep the peace between a fighting Isabel and Pilar, and his traditional grandparents expressing their homophobia when Benji brings his boyfriend to the party. Eventually, he calls out his grandpa for making Benji and Derek feel unwelcome.

* CureYourGays: Most of Father Lawrence’s scenes have him saying some variation of how Victor “can come back to Jesus” (i.e. be straight) if everyone prays hard enough. Victor discusses this with Isabel and let’s her know how harmful it is for him to hear things like that.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mia is devastated at first when she sees Victor kiss Benji. After spending the summer away from Creekwood and taking some time for herself, she tells Victor that he deserves to be his true, even if it does hurt to not be with him anymore. The two even trade platonic “I Love You’s” as they mend their friendship.

* JerkJock:
** Andrew is part of the school basketball team and is also a bully. He starts to get better at the end of the season though.

* ParentsAsPeople: Armando and Isabel are definitely not perfect and are dealing with their own marital issues throughout the show, exasperated when Isabel had an affair with Armando's boss before the events of the series. Armando assaulted his boss, leading to him getting fired and the family having to move to Georgia. They later separate [[spoiler:though as of the season two finale, it looks like they will reunite]]. This is furthered in season 2, in which Isabel’s reluctance to accept Victor’s sexuality as a result of her Catholic upbringing causes her to make some choices that unintentionally hurt her son in the process. Armando, on the flip side comes off a little too strong in his support, but he gets better after joining PFLAG.

* ThinkOfTheChildren: Isabel’s forbids Victor to come out to Adrian because “he’s just a little kid”. Discussed when he tells Isabel that she’s comparing him being gay to something that Adrian needs protecting from.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Pilar has a very poor attitude towards Isabel and is very disrespectful, but when you consider that she had to leave her friends and boyfriend behind in Texas all because of her mother’s affair, it can be easy to sympathize with her.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Felix and Victor are very close friends, and Michael Cimmino and Anthony Turpel have an amazing rapport with each other. It’s a refreshing depiction of friendship between gay and straight boys that never falls into the “secret crush” trope that is often depicted in queer media. They’re just really good besties.

** Isabel’s reluctance to accept Victor’s sexuality is the result of both her Catholic upbringing and [[spoiler: witnessing a lesbian aunt be treated like a shameful secret by her family at a young age, causing her to link being gay with negative connotations.]]

* IHaveNoSon: Victor’s greatest fear is his parents rejecting him for being gay.

** [[spoiler:Armando/Isabel/Shelby]]

** In a more tragic example [[spoiler: The reason Felix’s mom gets committed is that she has a manic episode and confronted Lake’s mom out of fear that She was trying to take Felix away from her.]]

* TookALevelInBadass:
** Simon isn’t the same anxious kid with a lot to hide from the film; he has a great life as a student in NYC with a loving boyfriend and chosen queer family. He also gives Victor very helpful advice throughout the season, showing that he’s grown a lot since coming out.

* PapaWolf: Armando, while far from perfect (see below), loves his family very much and works hard to provide for them. He also works hard to accept Victor’s sexuality and isn’t afraid to call out Isabel for not doing the same at first.

** Mia’s dad is a very ambitious man who does work very hard in a field that has a disproportionate amount of black men. Clearly he’s doing this to provide a good life for Mia, but it comes at her expense to the point that she feels emotionally neglected due to him always choosing the next job advancement over her happiness.

* ButNotTooGay: The show works hard to try and avoid this, showing a variety of ways gay people can express themselves.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Mommy, in this case, as Isabel rebukes Benji’s attempts to get to know her in Season 2.