History YMMV / XCOMTheAdventDirective

* UnexpectedCharacter: The first chapter posted after the year-long hiatus introduces [[spoiler:Dr. Gavin Archer]], who most readers would only expect to see in the [[spoiler:Mass Effect crossover]] sequel series.

* SalvagedStory: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which inevitably resulted in the suspicion that AcceptableReligiousTargets was at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify this in terms of both backstory and general presentation for the people and the region alike:

** Speaking of ''Hades Contingency'', that story was also announced to be undergoing a ''major'' revision in order to bring the story up to date with these new changes.

* FountainOfMemes: '''Quisilia'''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which led to more than one accusation of AcceptableReligiousTargets at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify that, with the addition of the [[GuileHero Lion]] (former Caliphate soldier/tactician, on par with the Commander, whose personality and motivations add a new level of depth to the backstory of the War on Terror), the Night Stand (where a seemingly-unprepared Middle Eastern Legion, under the Lion's command, manages to repel an enormous Collective offensive), and the War on Terror File, which ''massively'' expands on the events of the war [[RetCon and even overwriting lore previously established on]] ''Fanfic/XCOMTheHadesContingency'', which is itself undergoing a ''major'' revision to bring the story up to date with these new changes to the backstory.

* HilariousInHindsight: The existence of a [[spoiler:Sovereign One]] named the "Traveler" became unintentionally amusing after Xabiar started writing Fanfic/{{Titanomach}}.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which led to more than one accusation of AcceptableReligiousTargets at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify that, with the addition of the [[GuileHero Lion]] (former Caliphate strategist, on par with the Commander, whose personality and motivations add a new level of depth to the backstory of the War on Terror), the Night Stand (where a seemingly-unprepared Middle Eastern Legion, under the Lion's command, manages to repel an enormous Collective offensive), and the War on Terror File, which ''massively'' expands on the events of the war [[RetCon and even overwriting lore previously established on]] ''Fanfic/XCOMTheHadesContingency'', which is itself undergoing a ''major'' revision to bring the story up to date with these new changes to the backstory.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By the time of ''The Advent Directive'', the differences between ADVENT and the Ethereal Collective have narrowed to the point that there aren't really any heroic factions with relevance remaining, and humanity faces a grim future.
* WoobieSpecies: Mutons are raised from birth in industrial farms that forcefully impregnate fertile females, treated to brutal training regimens that completely retard their social development, and the ones that survive are simply sold in auctions to Ethereal masters who, at best, view them as pets, at worst as cannon fodder. And worse, they've had it beaten into them that this ''is completely natural''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which led to more than one accusation of AcceptableReligiousTargets at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify that, with the addition of the [[GuileHero Lion]] (former Caliphate strategist, on par with the Commander, whose personality and motivations add a new level of depth to the backstory of the War on Terror), the Night Stand (where a seemingly-unprepared Middle Eastern Legion, under the Lion's command, manages to repel an enormous Collective offensive), and the War on Terror File, which ''massively'' expands on the events of the war [[RetCon and even overwriting lore previously established on ''Fanfic/XCOMTheHadesContingency'']], which is itself undergoing a ''major'' revision to bring the story up to date with these new changes to the backstory.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which led to more than one accusation of AcceptableReligiousTargets at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify that, with the addition of the [[GuileHero Lion]] (former Caliphate strategist, on par with the Commander, whose personality and motivations add a new level of depth to the backstory of the War on Terror), the Night Stand (where a seemingly-unprepared Middle Eastern Legion, under the Lion's command, manages to repel an enormous Collective offensive), and the War on Terror File, which ''massively'' expands on the events of the war [[RetCon and even overwriting lore previously established on ''Hades Contingency'']], which is itself undergoing a ''major'' revision to bring the story up to date with these new changes to the backstory.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the most common criticisms of the story thus far has been about its handling of the War on Terror, the Middle East, and Islam in general, which led to more than one accusation of AcceptableReligiousTargets at work. In Act IV, ''Advent Directive'' takes several steps to rectify that, with the addition of the [[GuileHero Lion]] (whose personality and motivations add a new level of depth to the backstory of the War on Terror), the Night Stand (where the aforementioned Lion, as well as a seemingly-unprepared Middle Eastern Legion, manage to repel an enormous Collective offensive), and the War on Terror File (which ''massively'' expands on the events of the war).