History YMMV / BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic

* WhatAnIdiot: After the school-wide confession is made by the CMC about being Anon-A-Miss, Gilda and her friends beat up Apple Bloom in retaliation for the trouble that they caused.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Gilda and her friends would be sneaky about their attack and leave no evidence of them bullying Apple Bloom. They're already skating on thin ice, since the only reason Apple Bloom and the other CMC don't report these attacks is they feel like they have it coming. Even then, the bullies know that if they're caught, Celestia will come down on them. They also have to take extra care to avoid being seen by even a single school staff member, because the staff would report it to Celestia immediately.\\
'''Instead''': Gilda's friends take pictures with their smartphones of Gilda beating up Apple Bloom, and send the pictures to other students. Celestia eventually gets a hold of these pictures, and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb their actions were.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** The fic does a much better job at portraying the effects of cyber-bullying than the original canon counterpart did; even when the culprits are caught, everybody still has to live with the consequences and stigma associated with what has happened, and it's made clear that none of this stuff will go away anytime soon.
** EasilyForgiven is ''extremely'' rare in real life, especially when it comes to acts of betrayal. If you do something that seriously hurts somebody, it doesn't matter if it was intentional or not; you have to accept that the one you wronged has to take time to forgive you, no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases, they may NEVER be able to forgive you.
** Bottling up your emotions and ignoring a problem will not make it go away. In fact, it's far more likely to make everything worse. You need to be honest with yourself and others about your feelings and accept that there ''is'' a problem before you can fix it.
** Being angry at people for cyber-bullying is understandable, but you'll be punished if you physically assault them, because that is ''not'' acceptable, no matter what they had done.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A reader's reaction to this will depend quite a bit on how they can handle high school drama. Almost everyone spends the fic perpetually angry or sad, the characters spend quite a lot of time screaming at each other, and things end up pretty bleak for everyone involved. As a result, it can be a chore to sit through during the heavier moments.

** The Humane 5. They have to deal with the fact that their little sisters betrayed them by spilling their embarrassing secrets online, and that they were tricked into betraying Sunset on flimsy evidence.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It can be pretty hard to find someone to root for, due to the subject matter and characters' behaviors. While everything ultimately turns out okay, the CMC are {{Jerkass Woobie}}s, Sunset refuses to discuss her very obvious problems, there's lots of people yelling at each other, and the student body at CHS as a whole seems unwilling to try and meet anyone halfway until Principal Celestia forces the issue. The fic as a whole keeps piling a lot of angst on the protagonists, and it can be a chore to get through.

** EasilyForgiven is ''extremely'' rare in real life, especially when it comes to acts of betrayal. If you do something that seriously hurts somebody (intentionally or not), you have to accept that they have to take time to forgive you, no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases, they may NEVER be able to forgive you.

** Sunset. It's hard to blame her for developing serious trust issues.

* JerkassWoobie: Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. While they brought the consequences for cyberbullying and framing an innocent person for it onto themselves, it's clear that the bullying that they go through as retribution for the whole thing is undeserved.

* JerkassWoobie: The CMC. While they brought a lot of their consequences on themselves, it's clear that the bullying that they go through is undeserved.

** EasilyForgiven is ''extremely'' rare in real life, especially for acts of betrayal. If you do something that seriously hurts somebody (intentionally or not), you have to accept that they have to take time to forgive you, no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases, they may NEVER be able to forgive you.

** The CMC. While they brought a lot of their consequences on themselves, it's clear that the bullying that they go through is undeserved.
** The Humane 5. They have to deal with the fact that their little sisters betrayed them by spilling their embarrassing secrets online, and that they were tricked into betraying Sunset on flimsey evidence.

'''Instead''': Gilda's friends take pictures with their smartphones of Gilda beating up Apple Bloom, and send the pictures to other students. Celestia eventually gets a hold of these pictures, and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

** The CMC. While they brought a lot of it on themselves, it's clear that the bullying that they go through is undeserved.

'''Instead''': Gilda and her friends take pictures with their smartphones of Gilda beating up Apple Bloom, and send the pictures to other students. Celestia eventually gets a hold of these pictures, and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

'''You'd Expect''': Gilda and her friends would be sneaky about their attack and leave no evidence of them bullying Apple Bloom. They know that if they're caught, Celestia will come down on them, and they have to take extra care to avoid being seen by even a single school staff member, because they would report it to Celestia immediately.\\
'''Instead''': Gilda and her friends take pictures with their smartphones of Gilda bullying Apple Bloom, and send the pictures to other students. Celestia eventually gets a hold of these pictures, and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

** The fic does a much better job at potraying the effects of cyberbullying than the original canon counterpart did; even when the culprits are caught, everybody still has to live with the consequences and stigma associated with what has happened and it's made clear that none of this stuff will go away anytime soon.
** EasilyForgiven is ''extremely'' rare in real life and it CANNOT be applied to acts of betrayal. If you do something that seriously hurts somebody (intentionally or not), you have to accept that they have to take time to forgive you no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases, they may NEVER be able to forgive you.
** Bottling up your emotions and ignoring a problem will not make it go away. In fact, it's far more likely to make everything ''worse''. You need to be honest with yourself and others about your feelings and accept that there ''is'' a problem before you can fix it.
** Being angry at people for cyberbullying is understandable, but you ''will'' be punished if you physically assault them because that is ''not'' acceptable no matter what they had done.
* WhatanIdiot: Gilda and her friends beat up Apple Bloom in retaliation for being Anon-A-Miss.\\
'''You would expect''': That Gilda and her friends would be sneaky about it and not take photographic proof of them bullying Apple Bloom. Or if they do take pictures,they would not send them to other students because someone may show them to Principal Celestia or another adult who can and will punish Gilda and her friends.\\
'''Instead''': Gilda and her friends DO take pictures of Gilda bullying Apple Bloom AND sends them to other students which Celestia eventually gets a hold of and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

'''Instead''': Gilda and her friends DO take pictures of Gilda bullying Apple Bloom AND sends them to other students which Celestia eventually gets a hold of and expels Gilda and her friends. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

** EasilyForgiven is ''extremely'' rare in real life and it CANNOT be applied to acts of betrayal.
** If you perform a serious offense against somebody (intentionally or not), you have to accept that they have to take time to forgive you no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases, they may NEVER be able to forgive you.

** Being angry at people for cyberbullying is understandable, but you ''will'' be punished if you physically assault them because that is ''not'' acceptable no matter what they had done.

** The fic does a much better job at potraying the effects of cyberbullying than the original canon counterpart did; even when the culprits are caught, everybody still has to live with the consequences and stigma associated with what has happened and its made clear that none of this stuff will go away anytime soon.

** If you perform a serious offense against somebody (intentionally or not), you have to accept that they have to take time to forgive you no matter how remorseful you are. You also have to accept that in some cases they may NEVER forgive you.

** Bullying somebody in revenge for something that they did to you makes you no better than them and it's no excuse to physically torment them.

** The fic does a much better job at potraying the effects of cyberbullying than the original canon counterpart did; even when the culprits are caught, everybody still has to live with the consequences and stigma associated with what has happened.

** Bullying somebody in revenge for cyberbullying makes you no better than them.

** EasilyForgiven is rare in real life and it can't be applied to acts of betrayal.
** Sometimes people may never forgive you for a serious offense, and you have to accept that.
** Bottling up your emotions and ignoring a problem will not make it go away. In fact, it's far more likely to make everything ''worse''. You need to be honest with yourself and others about your feelings and accept that there ''is'' a problem before you can fix it.

** Sometimes people may never forgive you for a serious offense, and you have to accept that.