Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./YMMV

• Abandon Shipping: After Ward was revealed as a Hydra agent, Skye/Ward vanished pretty quickly.
• Anvilicious: Yes, we get it. Racism is bad. "Agents of Hydra" in Season 4 really amped it up when it took a particularly strong anti-Donald Trump tone.
• Base Breaker: Like most Ensemble Darkhorses who become Ascended Extras, Phil Coulson evolved into one. Some find that he's undergone fantastic Character Development into a layered Anti-Hero. Others think that's been derailed into a static Designated Hero who lost anything that made him so likeable in Phase 1.
• Cult Classic: The show's fanbase is downright minuscule for a comic book show, but they were a devoted bunch.
• Draco in Leather Pants: As more of the trauma of Ward's Dark and Troubled Past was revealed, a contingent of fans willing to defend him popped up and only grew in fanaticism. The movement is known as "Stand with Ward".
• Fandom Rivalry:
  • Doesn't get along too well with the Arrowverse, Arrow in particular.
  • A Vocal Minority has one with the most definitely canon Disney+ shows in Phase 4. It's more felt on the AoS side as this show's fans aggressively attack the Disney+ shows and accuse them of Character Derailment while their beloved, and they claim much more lore accurate, show is forgotten.
• Fanon Discontinuity: The show's ambiguously canon state, and the poor reception to the first few episodes, generally led to most fans ignoring AoS.
• Growing the Beard: After the midpoint of the first season, when Hydra reveals itself and the series stops being about how Coulson came back to life, the show really starts to come into its own. Sadly though, it came just a few episodes too late for most of its initial audience.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: After years of the show using "Inhuman" as an Alternate Company Equivalent for X-Men style mutants, Ms. Marvel made Kamala Khan, an Inhuman in the comics, a mutant in the MCU.
• It Was His Sled: Ward is an agent of Hydra.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Some fans were only watching to see how Phil Coulson was Back From the Dead. When they learnt how and/or that he was unlikely to ever return to the movies, they stopped watching.
  • Lady Sif, a popular Ensemble Darkhorse, drew many viewers. Her first appearance in "Yes Men" was the last episode for many fans who were interested only in how Coulson came back.
  • Dove Cameron as Ruby Hale in Season 5 was a popular draw for viewers who were otherwise uninterested in the show.
• Never Live It Down: Prior to the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the show was, to put it mildly, terrible. Despite growing a nice beard almost immediately after the film was released, most of the initial viewers were simply so turned off that they refused to give the show a second chance.
• Replacement Scrappy: The transparent way in which "Inhuman" became the stand-in for "mutant" wasn't very well received.
• Rescued From the Scrappy Heap: Skye was rather Unintentionally Unsympathetic before Ward's betrayal, most finding her suffering from an advanced case of It's All About Me. Afterwards, her flaws and insecurities were pushed more to the forefront, earning her much more love from the fans.
• Uncertain Audience: The show never quite seemed to decide its identity and what manner of story it wanted to tell. Every season saw a shift to another part of the Marvel Universe and a different tone.
• Vocal Minority: Some fans of the show are so passionate and protective of AoS that they outright attack other MCU fans for not having seen it or daring to pick another MCU show as their favorite. All they really seem to accomplish is turning away other fans from checking out AoS.

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