History YMMV / TheRoyalMasquerade

* FanNickname: Damon has come to be nicknamed "Dammit Fierro" for how obstructive he is to Julia at every turn, up to [[spoiler:attempting to start a civil war to dethrone her after she's crowned queen.]]

* EvilIsSexy: Cyrus and [[spoiler:Renza]] are both attractive characters, as well as devious and scheming villains. Cyrus's sex appeal is usually played for FanDisservice, though, most prominently in [[spoiler:chapter seven, where his and Renza's off-screen banging is made ridiculous by their awful dirty talk and childish bickering over which of them will rule Cordonia.]]

* BrokenBase: The story's setting in Cordonia instead of a real-life location has divided players. Some players think the story is fine being set in Cordonia because that means less effort for the writers to come up with a Renaissance-era story while minimizing the risk of artistic license. They also think an interquel bridging ''VisualNovel/TheCrownAndTheFlame'' and ''VisualNovel/TheRoyalRomance'' is necessary to explore the time period in between the stories. Others think it was a missed opportunity to show a more vivid view of the Renaissance, and they don't mind the occasional artistic license.
** The ending was incredibly contentious with players, with a fair amount finding it downright disappointing. [[spoiler:After everything Julia went through to become queen, Damon assembles an army to incite a civil war against her and she gets the choice of either giving up the throne entirely to Fabian (a character introduced at the near literal last minute) or marrying Fabian to remain queen. Many fans were displeased at how the former choice makes her journey AllForNothing ''at best'' and an outright ShaggyDogStory at worst, and the latter prevents her from marrying Hunter or Kayden. Some, however, defended it as an "interesting" moral quandary to make the player choose between love or power. A third contingent accepted the ending with the stance that the writers had to wrap up the story the best way they could because the book wasn't getting a sequel, and that was the most they could do under the circumstances.]]

* LoveToHate: Cyrus is well-liked for being an entertainingly obnoxious villain and the source of many hilarious one-liners. [[spoiler:Renza is also regarded as fun to hate after she reveals her true colors.]]

* FanNickname: Damon has come to be nicknamed "Dammit Fierro" for how obstructive he is to Julia at every turn, up to [[spoiler:attempting to start a civil war to dethrone her after she's crowned queen.]]

* EvilIsSexy: Cyrus and [[spoiler:Renza]] are both attractive characters, as well as merciless and scheming villains. Cyrus's sex appeal is usually played for FanDisservice, though, most prominently in [[spoiler:chapter seven, where his and Renza's off-screen banging is made ridiculous by their awful dirty talk and childish bickering over which of them will rule Cordonia.]]

* EvilIsSexy: Cyrus and [[spoiler:Renza]] are both attractive characters, as well as scheming and power-hungry villains. Cyrus's sex appeal is usually played for FanDisservice, though, most prominently in [[spoiler:chapter seven, where his and Renza's off-screen banging is made ridiculous by their awful dirty talk and childish bickering over which of them will rule Cordonia.]]

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Renza]] could qualify, depending on how charitable you feel. [[spoiler:She was raised with Damon for a father, who only paid attention to his children when using them as pawns as court to get Queen Kendra's attention and always favored Hunter over her. Hunter mentions having been chosen as heir to the House and as the regent at the same time that Damon had Renza married off to a nobleman, meaning that she had to see her twin be handed ''two'' positions of power while she was forced to marry a stranger. With all that in mind, it's little wonder she turned out to be so bitter and power-hungry.]]

* FanNickname: Damon has come to be nicknamed "Dammit Fierro" for how obstructive he is to Julia at every turn, up to [[spoiler:attempting to start a civil war to dethrone her.]]

* FanNickname: Damon has come to be nicknamed "Damnit Fierro", as Julia could have reigned on as queen if it wasn't for him threatening and undermining her at every turn and most of all, [[spoiler:attempting to start a civil war to dethrone her.]]

** The ending was incredibly contentious with players, with a fair amount finding it downright disappointing. [[spoiler:After everything Julia went through to become queen, Damon assembles an army to incite a civil war against her and she gets the choice of either giving up the throne entirely to Fabian (a character introduced at the near literal last minute) or marrying Fabian to remain queen. Many fans were displeased at how the former choice makes her journey AllForNothing at best and an outright ShaggyDogStory at worst, and the latter prevents her from marrying Hunter or Kayden. Some, however, defended it as an "interesting" moral quandary to make the player choose between love or power. A third contingent accepted the ending with the stance that the writers had to wrap up the story the best way they could because the book wasn't getting a sequel, and that was the most they could do under the circumstances.]]

** The ending was incredibly contentious with players, with a fair amount finding it downright disappointing. [[spoiler:After everything Julia went through to become queen, Damon assembles an army to incite a civil war against her and she gets the choice of either giving up the throne entirely to Fabian (a character introduced at the near literal last minute) or marrying Fabian to remain queen. Many fans were displeased at how the former choice makes her journey AllForNothing at best and an outright ShaggyDogStory at worst, and the latter prevents her from marrying Hunter or Kayden. Some, however, defended it as an "interesting" moral quandary to make the player choose between love or power. A third contingent accepted the ending with the stance that the writers had to wrap up the story the best way they could because the book wasn't getting a sequel, and that was the best they could do under the circumstances.]]

* BrokenBase: The story's setting in Cordonia instead of a real-life location has divided players. Some players think the story is fine being set in Cordonia because that means less effort for the writers to come up with a Renaissance-era story while minimizing the risk of artistic license. They also think an interquel bridging ''VisualNovel/TheCrownAndTheFlame'' and ''VisualNovel/TheRoyalRomance'' is necessary to explore the time period in between the stories. Others think it was a missed opportunity to show a more vivid view of the Renaissance, and they don't mind the occasional artistic license.

* BrokenBase: The story's setting in Cordonia instead of a real-life location has divided players. Some players think the story is fine being set in Cordonia because that means less effort for the writers to come up with a Renaissance-era story while minimizing the risk of ArtisticLicenseHistory. They also think an interquel bridging ''VisualNovel/TheCrownAndTheFlame'' and ''VisualNovel/TheRoyalRomance'' is necessary to explore the time period in between the stories. Others think it was a missed opportunity to show a more vivid view of the Renaissance, and they don't mind the occasional artistic license.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Inverted. When the story was announced to be an interquel between ''VisualNovel/TheCrownAndTheFlame'' and ''VisualNovel/TheRoyalRomance'', players were excited for the story, hoping it would be filled with memorable characters and a great plot. As the story progressed, however, many players expressed their disappointment at the poor pacing and lack of development among the characters. The general feeling was that while the story wasn't an outright flop along the lines of ''VisualNovel/AcrossTheVoid'', it certainly wasn't as good as it could have been.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Inverted. When the story was announced to be an interquel between ''VisualNovel/TheCrownAndTheFlame'' and ''VisualNovel/TheRoyalRomance'', players were excited for the story that they hope it will be filled with memorable characters and a great plot. As the story progresses, however, many players have expressed their disappointment at the lack of development among the characters and the weak plot.