History YMMV / TheSagaOfLartenCrepsley

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Malora, at least in the Japanese fandom. Many fans wanted the plucky girl and Larten to end up together.

** Gavner doesn't look like the Gavner from the novels at all. He's lean, uptight and hates vampanezes. Aren't we sure we're talking about Wester Flack instead?

** Murlough's murders were bad enough with the details given, but becomes a lot more bitter with the revelation that he killed Wester's family and it was one of the things that motivated his lifelong hatred for vampanezes.
** Vancha mocking Larten that "his feelings for one person will endanger the vampire race" (as in, Larten's increasing grudge on vampanezes after one of them supposedly killed his girlfriend). Years later, Vancha does exactly that by refusing to kill Gannen due to his feelings for his brother.
** At the end of the series, Kurda is hopeful that with the World War II over, vampires will agree to make a truce with the vampanezes. Not only the sequel shows that it doesn't happen, but Kurda ends up dying for trying to force a compromise against both races.

** Wester killing Alicia and putting the blame on a vampaneze in order to spark a war against humans and vampanezes.

** Being forced to leave his hometown after getting revenge on the man that murdered his cousin, Larten becomes a vampire's assistant. Annoyed with the vampires's HonorBeforeReason customs, he becomes a rebel vampire trying to live his own life. This results in him massacring the crew of the Pearly Tornado after they killed his assistant Malora. Horrofied by what he's done, Larten tries to commit suicide and is cold to the young Gavner Purl, whose parents were victims in the Pearly Tornado massacre. Just when things start looking up to him and is about to marry Alicia Dunyck, he's outed as a vampire and forced to leave her. His attempts to give Gavner a normal life are AllForNothing after Tanish Eul makes the boy his assistant. To make things worse, Alicia is murdered by a vampaneze, leading Larten on a wild goose chase for 30 years trying to find the killer. And finally he finds out the one who killed her was his best friend Wester, who wanted to spark a war between humans and vampanezes. At this point, Larten is done with everything, saying that Alicia, Vur and Malora were "too good for this sinful earth" and that wretched people often get away with everything.

** Wester was the sole survivor after Murlough massacred his family, becomes obsessed with getting revenge which results in a grudge against all vampanezes and Seba and Larten are forced to watch as Wester becomes consumed with revenge over the years, to the point of trying to spark a war against vampires and vampanezes. Even though he adores Larten as a brother, Mr. Tiny convinces him that he has to kill Alicia in order to push him to his cause. To make matters worse, Larten decides to forget all about Wester after he kills him.

** Alicia is a kind woman who grows to love Larten and adopts Gavner as a son, encouraging the shy boy to come out of his shell. Not only she's separated from Larten after he's outed as a vampire, but Gavner becomes distant with her due to Tanish's manipulations. And just when things start looking up to her, she's killed by Wester in an attempt to spark war against vampires and vampanezes.

** Most obviously, the fact that Vur Horston was an actual real person. Especially when it's revealed he was Larten's gentle cousin, who died when he was just a child.

** Vancha says he and Gannen considered Evanna to be a mother figure, as she adopted them when they were children. This becomes extremely squicky after the sequel reveals they impregnated her.

** Vancha says he and Gannen considered Evanna to be a mother figure, as she adopted them when they were children. This becomes extremely squicky after the the sequel reveals they impregnated her.

** Vur is a huge StepfordSmiler whom despite being very cheerful, ended up snapping after being abused by Traz, who then proceed to insult his mother. His attempt to stand up to Traz ends up with a slow and painful death that Larten is forced to watch.

** Larten's backstory about his human girlfriend Wester Collins is vaguely similar to Larten and Alicia Dunyck's love story.

** Gavner doesn't look like the Gavner from the novels at all. He's lean, uptight and hates vampanezes. He's also eager to kill vampanezes after they kill someone close to him. Aren't we sure we're talking about Wester Flack instead?

** Alicia Dunyck is a kind woman who grows to love Larten and adopts Gavner as a son, encouraging the shy boy to come out of his shell. Not only she's separated from Larten after he's outed as a vampire, but Gavner becomes distant with her due to Tanish's manipulations. And just then things start looking up to her, she's killed by Wester in an attempt to spark war against vampires and vampanezes.

** Alicia Dunyck is a kind woman who grows to love Larten and adopts Gavner as a son, encouraging the shy boy to come out of his shell. Not only she's separated from Larten after he's outed as a vampire, but Gavner becomes distant with her due to Tanish's manipulations. And just then things start looking up to her, she's killed by Wester in an attempt to spark war against vampires and vampanezes.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Everything about ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' became even more painful thanks to ''The Saga of Larten Crepsley''.

** Pretty much all of Gavner and Lsrten's interactions become this when it is revealed that Larten was a surrogate father to him, but refused to get close to the boy due to his accidental murder of his biological parents, leaving Gavner with huge daddy issues and a desire to be acknowledged by Larten.

** At the end of the series, Kurda is hopeful that with the World War II over, vampires will agree to make a truce with the vampanezes. Not only 40 years later it doesn't happen, but in the sequel Kurda ends up dying for trying to force a compromise against both races.

** Also Mr. Tiny, who was the one that gave Wester said idea in the first place.

* HarsherInHindsight: Hoo boy, where to start....
** Just the fact that Larten is forced to kill his revenge-obsessed friend who commited a MoralEventHorizon and was manipulated by Mr. Tiny. Darren was forced to do the same at the end of ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan''. It doesn't help that Larten and Wester are distant counterparts to Darren and Steve respectively.