History YMMV / CutlerSeries

* {{Tearjerker}}: The end of ''Darkest Hour'', where Lillian learns that her family's old servant Henry (who acted like a surrogate father towards her) has died and she imagines the Meadows as it was when she was a child before it deteriorates before her eyes. It ends with Henry's spirit(?) giving her comforting words.

* WhatAnIdiot: When a fire breaks in ''Midnight Whispers'', Jimmy tries to go and help put it out.
** '''You'd Expect''': Dawn to keep the children back somewhere safe and probably tell the fire department about her husband being there.
** '''Instead''': [[TooDumbToLive Dawn rushes into the fire after Jimmy]].
** '''Which Results In''': Christie and Jefferson being orphaned and forced to live with their aunt and uncle which leads to Christie being raped, Jefferson being bullied, and them running away to The Meadows.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Dawn. Many of the things that happen to her are often a result of her just not thinking things through and being too gullible from how she handled hers and Philip's relationship (not giving Philip firm boundaries until it was too late), getting pregnant by a man she barely knew (not using birth control or asking Michael if he had condoms), trusting Lillian after revealing her pregnancy to her (especially since it was revealed how much Lillian despised her), and even [[spoiler: rushing to her own death in the fire without thinking about hers and Jimmy's children]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Dawn. Many of the things that happen to her are often a result of her just not thinking things through and being too gullible from how she handled hers and Philip's relationship (not giving Philip firm boundaries until it was too late), getting pregnant by a man she barely knew (not using birth control or asking Michael if he had condoms), trusting her cruel grandmother after revealing her pregnancy to her (especially since it was revealed how much Lillian despised her), and even [[spoiler: rushing to her own death in the fire without thinking about hers and Jimmy's children]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Dawn. Many of the things that happen to her are often a result of her just not thinking things through and being too gullible.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Though what Ormand and Sally Jean Longchamp had done was a felony, they had likely saved Dawn from becoming as messed up as the rest of the Cutler family.

** Fern Longchamp might also qualify for this. Being taken from her family as a baby seems to have damaged her emotionally. [[spoiler: Though she admits that she lied about her adoptive father molesting her, her aberrant behavior and preoccupation may suggest that she had experienced some form of sexual abuse.]] Dawn and Jimmy seem to write her off as an EnfantTerrible before she has even entered high school. Though they have to worry about her influence on Christie and Jefferson, they still could have tried to get her counseling, if for no other reason than to help her get used to living with a new family.

** Fern Longchamp might also qualify for this. Being taken from her family as a baby seems to have damaged her emotionally. [[spoiler: She is placed into the care of a wealthy family, but seems anxious to leave them and move in with Jimmy and Dawn once she meets her long lost siblings. She claims that her adoptive father had sexually abused her. She later admits that she lied, but her aberrant behavior and preoccupation with sex might suggest that she had experienced some form of sexual abuse in her childhood. It's possible that she told Dawn that she lied because she was afraid they would not believe her if she persisted with the truth.]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Betty, Richard, and Melanie Cutler. In "Twilight's Child," Betty marries into the Culter family when she becomes Philip's wife and she wins everyone over by her naturally docile personality. She noticed problems with Philip in their marriage but rather than accuse Dawn of anything, she blames herself for everything wrong. Having the twins doesn't make things much better since Philip still continues to ignore them in favor of Christie which leads Betty into spoiling the twins to make up for their father not being there and might contribute to her sudden personality change in "Midnight Whispers" where she's cast in an antagonistic light. Richard and Melanie are also easy to sympathize with since their cousins being there makes it all the more painfully obvious how little their father cares for them, especially Melanie. It doesn't help that Christie seems to regard them as nothing more than freaks for their close relationship with each other since they don't really have anyone else they can count on. They're also meant to be antagonists for how poorly they treat their orphaned cousins, especially Richard toward Jefferson, but it's hard to put all the blame on them with the way their parents have been.
** Fern Longchamp might also qualify for this. Being taken from her family as a baby seems to have damaged her emotionally. [[spoiler: She is placed into the care of a wealthy family, but seems anxious to leave them and move in with Jimmy and Dawn once she meets her long lost siblings. She claims that her adoptive father had sexually abused her. She later admits that she lied, but her aberrant behavior and preoccupation with sex might suggest that she had experienced some form of sexual abuse in her childhood. It's possible that she told Dawn that she lied because she was afraid they would not believe her if she persisted with the truth.]]

** Fern Longchamp might also qualify for this. Being taken from her family as a baby seems to have damaged her emotionally. [[spoiler: She is placed into the care of a wealthy family, but seems anxious to leave them and move in with Jimmy and Dawn once she meets her long lost siblings. She claims that her adoptive father had sexually abused her. She later admits that she lied, but her aberrant behavior and preoccupation with sex might suggest that she had experienced some form of sexual abuse in her childhood. It's possible that she told Dawn that she lied because she was afraid if her brother and sister learned the truth, they would not believe her or decide she was too damaged to keep in their family.]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Betty, Richard, and Melanie Cutler. In "Twilight's Child," Betty marries into the Culter family when she becomes Philip's wife and she wins everyone over by her naturally docile personality. She noticed problems with Philip in their marriage but rather than accuse Dawn of anything, she blames herself for everything wrong. Having the twins doesn't make things much better since Philip still continues to ignore them in favor of Christie which leads Betty into spoiling the twins to make up for their father not being there and might contribute to her sudden personality change in "Midnight Whispers" where she's cast in an antagonistic light. Richard and Melanie are also easy to sympathize with since their cousins being there makes it all the more painfully obvious how little their father cares for them, especially Melanie. It doesn't help that Christie seems to regard them as nothing more than freaks for their close relationship with each other since they don't really have anyone else they can count on. They're also meant to be antagonists for how poorly they treat their orphaned cousins, especially Richard toward Jefferson, but it's hard to put all the blame on them with the way their parents have been.