History YMMV / RalphHayesJr

* ValuesDissonance: As an unabashed Bible Belt Conservative who is firmly convinced of the correctness of his views, a common problem that readers have is disagreement with some of his values, especially when he goes into the strip comments to hammer home his beliefs about, for example, homosexuality being a sin and transsexuality being a mental disease that should be forcibly corrected. Those fans who like his works and don't agree with his views often liken it to having to occasionally brush off the discomforting moments and focusing on the things about his works they actually like.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a diversion from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' where Penny was targeted for public bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as a TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure never saw it coming and were horrified.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a ShockingSwerve from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' where Penny was targeted for public bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as a TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure never saw it coming and were horrified.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a ShockingSwerve from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' where Penny was targeted for publicly bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as a TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure never saw it coming and were horrified.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a ShockingSwerve from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' where Penny was targeted for public bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure never saw it coming and were horrified.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a ShockingSwerve from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in Webcomic/GoblinHollow where Penny was targeted for public bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure never saw it coming and were horrified.

** The dissonance can be so severe that some plots can take a ShockingSwerve from the perspective of audience members who don't share Hayes's values. An infamous example was a story in Webcomic/GoblinHollow where Penny was targeted for public bullying by a blatantly [[SinisterMinister corrupt preacher]], which she responded to by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for his lies and hypocrisy]]. This was treated as her reaching a crisis point as TroubledTeen and very nearly crossing the MoralEventHorizon by making a scene in church, requiring both severe punishment and immediate intervention. It never occurred to Hayes that there was any other reading of the scene, while readers who saw Penny's actions as heroically denouncing a corrupt authority figure were horrified.

* ValuesDissonance: As an unabashed Bible Belt Conservative who is firmly convinced of the correctness of his views, a common problem that readers have is disagreement with some of his values, especially when he goes into the strip comments to hammer home his beliefs about, for example, homosexuality being a sin and transsexuality being a mental disease that should be forcibly corrected. Those fans who like his works and don't agree with his views often liken it to having to occasionally brush off the discomforting moments and focusing on the things about his works they actually like.