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* [[Darkness Induced Audience Apathy]]: Both 'sides' in the series have exactly the same goals and use pretty much the same methods, [[Because Destiny Says So|everything that happens is part of God's plan]] and, as such, the characters have no free will and [[You Can't Fight Fate|nothing they do at any point in the series makes any difference whatsoever]], so it's really rather difficult to root for them.
* [[Designated Hero]]: Buck and Rayford. Most of their behaviour goes beyond even the standards of a [[Sociopathic Hero]]. One could argue they're supposed to be newly-converted Antiheroes, but this doesn't hold up since they never do anything for anybody.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The cookies
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: A unique case: Outside of the target audience, ''any'' character with a significant fanbase arguably stands out. The sleepy drunk executive from chapter one is [http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2003/12/lb_my_favorite_.html described with genuine fondness] by the Slacktivist blog, mostly for actually having [[Only Sane Man|a sane reaction to the Event]].
** To say nothing of poor Verna Zee, Buck's boss.
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*** When Steele had a handshake with Carpathia. You don't want to see the latter's face.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Nicolae is pretty clearly supposed to be seen as a purely evil but still scarily charismatic and competent [[Magnificent Bastard]] (not unlike [[Star Wars]]' Emperor), but he ''actually'' comes off as trying too hard without really knowing what he's doing. (Then again, if someone is charismatic enough to make a recitation of UN trivia riveting, maybe they ''do'' deserve to be a [[Magnificent Bastard]]...) His subordinates, namely Leon and Peter Matthews, are more deliberate [[Smug Snake|Smug Snakes]].
** To a large extent, the protagonists themselves tend to come across as this. They are seemingly aware of their [[Canon Sue]] status and not inclined to doubt it while everyone else [[
{{quote| "For LaHaye & Jenkins, hubris doesn't precede a fall. They regard it, instead, as a sign of godliness."}}
* [[So Bad
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Done right, a story set during a Rapture-like event could have been quite potent character-driven [[Religious Horror]], if the plot, the premise, and its implications were well-thought-out and the characters were sympathetic. Unfortunately, none of that is the case.
** The blog "[http://exharpazo.blogspot.com/ Right Behind]" functions as something of a [[Fix Fic]] for this, by taking some of the lingering queries about the world of ''Left Behind'' and exploring the implications of the setting to their logical conclusion.
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