History YMMV / BladesOfLightAndShadow

** In Book 2, Chapter 13, one of the options when encountering the Shadestalker is to flirt with it, to no avail. The April Fools Day book ''VisualNovel/MakeTheDate'' would feature the Shadestalker as an official love interest.

* AbandonShipping: In Book 2, Mal's cold attitude towards Raine's disappearance (and the party in general, even in later chapters), his recklessness in Chapter 10 (which nearly gets Nia killed), [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] his UnnecessaryMakeover have all caused a sizable chunk of his fans to jump ship and start pursuing a different love interest instead.

** In Book 2, Chapter 3, it's revealed that Mal and Nia opened an orphanage together in order to protect and educate young children. The best part is when [[https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/wiki/Mal_Volari?file=BOLAS_Mal_and_Nia_Artwork.jpg Nia tells them a story while warming them will Light as Mal watches with a smile]].

** Fans have correctly predicted that Aerin [[spoiler:has been corrupted by the Shadow Court because the bullying he suffers from his brother Baldur makes him susceptible to the Shadow Court's promises of great power]].

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The finale of Book 1 has [[spoiler: Raine stab Nia, who's being possessed by the [[BigBad Dreadlord]], in order to save the world. Because Nia is a love interest, Pixelberry killing her off would have been seen as a bridge too far (and if they went through with it, there would likely be mass fan outcry from the players who had romanced her)]]. Sure enough, [[spoiler: Nia is revived by the broken shards of the Blade of Light minutes later]].
* RealismInducedHorror: In a fantasy story involving enchanted weapons, magic, shadow monsters, and more, the relationship between Aerin and Baldur stands out for how close-to-earth it is. Baldur, believing he's the only one worthy of being king, while his brother is a useless nobody, treats him like garbage, implicitly beating him frequently (even as children), and destroying his sense of self-worth. This treatment eventually caused Aerin to snap and [[spoiler: murder his brother in cold blood]], with him saying that [[RevengeIsSweet he's been wanting to do that for 20 years]], while [[spoiler: his father sobs over Baldur's death]]. Though [[spoiler: a sword made of shadow and corruption]] is involved, the base idea is still the same; a victim of a horribly spoiled, cruel and entitled BigBrotherBully reaching his breaking point and [[spoiler: taking bloody revenge on the older sibling, leaving their father to grieve]] is almost as frightening as the shadow monsters, yet realistic enough to happen to any unfortunate younger sibling in the real world.

** Prince Aerin. Some fans think he's an {{Adorkable}} NiceGuy, or an ExtremeDoormat with no interesting personality traits. [[spoiler:Once he's revealed to be the villain, readers either hate him and want to kill him, or think that he can be saved from the Shadow's influence]].

** When Raine and their party return from the Shadow Realm, King Arlan remarks that they've been gone for ''two weeks'', despite it not feeling anywhere near that length of time. Imtura casually responds that time moves differently in the Shadow Realm. In Book 2, [[spoiler: Raine themself would end up kidnapped and taken to the Shadow Realm for that exact same length of time, and the combination of the former reason and Valax's experiments meant that Raine was gone for '''a whole year''']], resulting in trauma and angst that lasts for most of them book (by contrast, the scene with King Arlan greeting them after they were gone much longer than they thought is PlayedForLaughs).

* During a premium scene in Book 1 (released in early 2020), the party are looking through books in a library, and one of them is very raunchy, leading to Imtura asking "Ooh, we looking at smut?" This was before the notable rise of 17+-rated Choices stories that forewent actual plots and compelling love interests in favor of those that bordered on PornWithPlot territory and had only one love interest, much to the disappointment of many fans. As such, the fandom's answer to Imtura's question is now likely to be something along the lines of "Yes, unfortunately".

** When Raine and their party return from the Shadow Realm, King Arlan remarks that they've been gone for ''two weeks'', despite it not feeling anywhere near that length of time. Imtura casually responds that time moves differently in the Shadow Realm. In Book 2, [[spoiler: Raine themself would end up kidnapped and taken to the Shadow Realm for that exact same length of time, and the combination of the former reason and Valax's experiments meant that Raine was gone for '''a whole year''', resulting in trauma and angst that lasts for most of them book (by contrast, the scene with King Arlan greeting them after they were gone much longer than they thought is PlayedForLaughs).