YMMV / Lily's Garden

• Enjoy the Story, Skip the Game: The bizarre soap opera that makes up the ads is more popular than the actual game.
• Harsher in Hindsight: A rather small one. Throughout his arc, Cousin Larry has lied to Lily's face that he's Uncle Arthur's son. Later, Lily learns from a photograph of a pregnant Aunt Mary that she and Uncle Arthur were expecting a baby once (key phrase were). But according to Arthur's letter, the baby came too early and barely lived for even one week. Granted Larry couldn't have known, there's something unpardonable about how he lied through his teeth about being the child that Uncle Arthur and Aunt Mary never even had.
• Heartwarming Moments: In Isla Bonita, there's Mr. Ricci's interaction with Sophia in Day 113. After losing the island to Alma, he's initially disappointed with Sophia and cuts her from the inheritance. But Sophia isn't bothered, as she gently explains she's leaving behind the life of luxury to be a self-made woman. At hearing this, Mr. Ricci expresses pride at his daughter for restoring the boat all by herself. Whatever his flaws as an antagonist, Mr. Ricci isn't so heartless if he loves his daughter.
  • It also becomes heartwarming when one bears in mind he previously wished Lily was his daughter in another life, as he complained his own biological children weren't nearly as self-made. While Lily's still not the daughter he always wanted, it's sweet to see Sophia step up and be that self-made daughter.
• Memetic Mutation: The game's ads have gained a level of notoriety on the internet for their Soap Opera-level ongoing plotlines.
• Tear Jerker: The arc with Regina's rocky marriage with her husband. When Lily presses Regina for what happened during their vacation, she shares that this time around, it's past the point of yelling and arguing.
  • Twice over does Lily often find herself in danger of losing her Aunt's property. First was when she thought she failed to restore the real LaRosa estate to it's former glory before the thirty day deadline, and the other is when Mr. Rich threatens to sue Lily for her Aunt's tax evasion and steal it from right under her. Both times, she's faced with the existential fear of her hard work being for nothing. Thankfully, both times, she manages to keep it.
  • In "Under the Influence", there's something sobering about Tina, whatever her flaws, panicking and having a nervous breakdown when she's trapped under the snow. When she tries to ask for legit help, she's appalled that her followers can only give her a "thumbs up" and not "a helping hand". And it doesn't help that the crisis prompts her to confess to her followers her personal issues, like how she and her husband are divorcing, and how she's anxious about his "empire" overshadowing hers. It paints a picture that her career as an Influencer hasn't truly brought her happiness or peace of mind.
    • Granted she just does more of the same thing later on, there's something to be said for how ultimately Tina has deluded herself into thinking reigniting her popularity will make her happy, rather than realize she just burnt bridges with Lily for a lonely "empire".
• Values Resonance: In Isla Bonita, Bridgette kidnaps Luke in order to spite Lily. When our heroes manage to intercept Bridgette's boat, Lily's first question is if Bridgette did anything to Luke. In a day and age where it's easy to jump to conclusions, Lily was insightful enough to make sure Bridgette didn't hurt Luke, which thankfully she didn't.

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