YMMV / America's Most Eligible

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • If chosen to stay in the competition, readers question if Teagan is genuine about her image as "The Dreamer", or if she's really a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing. What makes the readers question this is that during the Pick-up Challenge, where if Teagan is chosen to accompany Jamie, she tries to steal one of her potential phone numbers, later claiming that she panicked. It's yet to be seen how sincere she really is.
  • Ivy gets a similar treatment. Is she really this naïve and insecure, given that she has a history of competing in pageants, or is she just acting up for the cameras? The fact that she has won two Audience Votes despite doing little to stand out has caused many players to view her with suspicion. The latter is revealed to be true later on in the story.
• Base-Breaking Character: Due to the nature of the story, everyone in the cast is this. The only characters fans seem to agree on are Piper and Jen.
  • Derek is either admired for being a savvy Nice Guy who approves of respectful behavior and knows how to play his cards properly, or derided for being a boring Flat Character, which isn't helped by the fact that he's Out of Focus for most of the time. His showmance with Ivy even if you paid the Premium option to have sex with him has divided fans on whether he's pragmatic or callous.
  • Han is also regarded as this despite his status as an Ensemble Dark Horse. He is either a positive, sweet, and charming Lovable Jock; or a Dumb Jock who easily falls prey to rumors even after he was initially saved from elimination and has Jerk Jock moments when teaming up with others.
  • Mackenzie also receives this treatment. Some fans were furious that she intentionally sabotaged Ryder and got him eliminated, while others believe it was justified given that Ryder stole her bed and acted like a pervert toward her.
  • Adam is either sweet and caring or a forced Love Interest. The Premium option to read his journal, which reveals that he has been infatuated with Jamie since they met, also divided the fandom over whether it was sweet or creepy.
  • Carson became this after it was revealed that he helped Ivy throughout the entire season. Some players have stated that him collaborating with Ivy to get Piper fired makes him just as shallow and manipulative as she is. Others argue that Piper deserved to be fired due to mistreating Carson for years and have no bad feelings towards him, especially since he brought Jamie back for All-Stars, showing that he may view them as a legitimate friend. He became even more polarizing in All-Stars, when he took over the show as showrunner. His supporters sympathize with his desire to be creative and not end up like Piper. His detractors criticize him for his refusal to listen to criticism amidst the troubles the contestants went through.
  • Ivy after she was revealed to be Book 1's Big Bad. Some players view her as a pragmatist and don't have an issue with her maintaining a facade. Others despise her for manipulating Jamie's emotions and seemingly having no remorse for her actions (it doesn't help that Books 1 and 2 favor her haters, since she's the Big Bad, and you tend to keep losing points with her, especially after the reveal). Her behavior in All-Stars has people split between whether she wants to make amends or is up to her old tricks. It doesn't help that she accused Jamie of cheating and holding a grudge against her (even if the player had been nice to her). Those who believe she can change choose to play nice with her and try to gain her as an ally this time around, while those who believe she's still the same person would rather put up with Slater's cheating.
  • Ryder. Some players are charmed by his appearance and cockiness while others dislike him for his arrogance and egotism.
  • Slater. His supporters like him for his charming personality, determination to win, and pragmatic playing style (it helps that he likes you at the start, making it easier to gain him as an ally). His detractors dislike him for his manipulative behavior towards others and tendency to cheat.
  • Eden. Despite her sizable fanbase owing to her apologizing to Jamie for coming across as a diva during her argument with Heath, her achievements outside the show, her friendliness towards others, and her beauty, there are a few people who think her bragging about her achievements rubs them off the wrong way.
  • Heath. Some players dislike his behavior, which they consider immature and inconsiderate. Others like him and find him playful.
• Badass Decay: Many feel that Ivy went through this in the All-Stars Season. While she was the main antagonist of Season 10, the general consensus is that All-Stars weakened the threat she poses by depicting her as an obnoxious hypocrite who whined about every little thing and making her practically interchangeable with Slater.
• Broken Base:
  • The decisions to eliminate which contestant in the event of ties. Some players have no problems with this mechanic because it allows them to pick which contestant to keep depending on their preferences. Others dislike it because it makes the characters interchangeable and underdeveloped.
  • Jen being Promoted to Love Interest. On one hand, there is a group of fans who wanted her to become a love interest from the start due to the Ship Tease she has with Jamie. On the other hand, there is a group of fans who is against the idea and believe that she's better off serving as Jamie's mentor and friend, while stating this is another example of entitled fans pressuring PB to cave in to their demands.
• Catharsis Factor: Many players picked the premium options to expose every nasty thing Vince and Ivy/Slater have ever done in All-Stars Chapter 14, especially when both of them lose their cool in front of the cameras and the Jury and expose themselves as manipulative, lying bullies.
• Draco in Leather Pants: Slater, a ruthless pragmatist who actively cheats and manipulates others to get ahead, has a sizable fanbase owing to his charming personality and having more development than the other new contestants in All-Stars except for Vince.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Jen is one of the most popular characters, with the fanbase exploding every time being romantic with Jen is an option.
  • Bianca is also well-liked, considered beautiful, and a great ally. Many fans chose to keep her over Teagan.
  • Han is regarded as one of the most likable of the cast, since he is always positive, rarely says a bad thing unless he gets provoked, and shows how Adorkable he is by being a Momma's Boy and trying to get a Catchphrase. His "curveball" catchphrase is also popular enough to be picked up by Jamie in All-Stars in a way.
  • Kiana is well-liked for her character design, passion for gaming, and being one of the nicest cast members of the All-Star season.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: Perhaps due to the nature of the story (a reality show where the main objective is to flirt with everyone and make people fall in love with you), there are several characters whom players ship Jamie with apart from the three (later four with the addition of Jen) official love interests, including (but not limited to) Jen (who was eventually revealed to be a Love Interest to much applause from the fandom), Carson, Bianca, and Teagan.
  • Book 3 had many readers stating that they would dump any of the four Love Interests for Bianca/Slater after they confess their feelings for Jamie, because both are more interesting characters, while some others argue that the engagement is already forced on its own.
• Fan Nickname: Many fans jokingly call Ivy as "Poison Ivy" because they've suspected her of being up to no good since Chapter 4, when she fell from the yacht and began flirting with Derek immediately upon being rescued, which many people saw as a red flag.
• I Knew It!: A lot of the viewers guessed after a few chapters that Ivy was faking her image as the shy Southern belle, reinforced by her Elimination Houdini status. The revelation came across as The Un-Twist for many.
• Love to Hate:
  • Piper, considering her status a Hate Sink who disrespects her employees and milks contestants for drama.
  • Bianca. A lot of players choose to keep her in the house instead of Teagan because of her entertaining personality.
  • Lina's cattiness and tendency to lash out and cause drama also lead many players to keep her in the house purely for entertainment value.
• Memetic Mutation: Adam is frequently compared (usually unfavorably) with Damien since one of his customized appearances is eerily similar to the latter. Many fans refer to him as "Cheap Damien".
• One-Scene Wonder: Kendyll, Zeke's girlfriend, completely stole the scene she was in due to her justifiable anger and revealing that Zeke is actually an exotic dancer.
• The Scrappy: Zeke is widely despised for his unwanted advances towards Bianca, refusal to accept no for an answer, and tendency to boast about being a "hero". This skyrocketed when it was revealed that he has a girlfriend outside the house (who doesn't even know he is on the program), and still has his phone despite the fact that contestants aren't allowed to use them. Almost nobody paid the Premium choice to say goodbye to him. He got even more hate when it was revealed that he was really an exotic dancer and all of his tales about being a firefighter were lies. Him returning in Book 3 didn't help.
• Scrappy Mechanic:
  • The relationship system in Season 10 and All-Stars has been widely criticized for not playing a major role on the story beyond which contestant is Jaime's ally at the end.
  • The Wedding Score system in Wedding Edition is considered worse than the relationship system it replaced for being a poor attempt to emulate the scoring systems in Most Wanted and The Heist: Monaco. Not only does it ultimately nullify the relationships players have built up with other contestants in the previous two books, but the first choice requiring a certain score can only be achieved by spending diamonds in addition to choosing the right options.
• Seasonal Rot: Many consider All-Stars to be this. While the whole point is to show Carson badly managing the show, readers criticize the lack of development on the contestants who aren’t the Love Interests, and the repetitiveness of the formula (confessional, get a premium outfit, challenge, pay for a premium to hang out with a love interest).
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Players have commented that Mackenzie could have been a great character in her own right had Pixelberry not wasted their limited time and resources on building Ivy as a significant character. Her desire to win the season for her sister's college education was treated as a footnote rather than being used to develop her as a good rival to Jamie, as she ends up joining their side without thinking about her sister. Even her romance is underdeveloped, with her dedication and attraction to Jamie having no previous buildup in contrast to Adam's.
  • Conversely, Ivy could've been built up to a well-written villain in her own right had Pixelberry not wasted their limited time and resources on building Mackenzie as a significant character. Many players have commented that Ivy feels like a two-dimensional character players felt forced to hate just because of the narrative's direction.
  • Derek receives no moment of significance outside his showmance with Ivy, which focuses more on her than him. Even his knowledge of the show as a long-time fan isn't used well, leading players to consider it an Informed Attribute.
  • Some believe that Bianca’s character was wasted in All-Stars. Despite romantic interactions with her in the first chapter, Jamie has no opportunity to be intimate with her, leading players to conclude that she's merely a tease instead of an official love interest. Not helping matters is that Bianca becomes interchangeable with Yvette after Chapter 5 and gets eliminated by Chapter 9 no matter what.
  • Players felt that they barely get to know most of the new contestants in All-Stars except Vince and Slater, with the double elimination system being a major factor in that. Eden and Heath have highly different personalities at first, only to become interchangeable with each other after Chapter 3. Kiana has little to do apart from her Ship Tease with Eden or Heath. Ronan and Yvette are eliminated early in the show. Slater's character is slightly more developed, but after Chapter 9, he becomes practically interchangeable with Ivy.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Several hate that All-Stars focuses on duo pairings and that two people are eliminated each week instead of one, viewing it as the writers being lazy.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Carson Stewart has become this in All-Stars. While trying to be a different showrunner from Piper and struggling with stress coming from viewer reception, he refuses to listen to criticism and acts like everyone isn't following his plans properly.
• The Woobie: Most players feel bad for Carson because of the way Piper constantly mistreats him.
• WTH, Costuming Department?: Male!Jamie's premium tuxedo in Book 3 Chapter 13 has been criticized by many players for its bright colors and floral patterns, which they find overly flashy and out of place for a wedding.

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