Operation Mindcrime/YMMV

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Some fans of OM1 prefer to think that both Dr. X and the anti-government conspiracy only exist in Nikki's paranoid mind. In this view, Mary was either a complete fabrication, or an innocent nun whom Nikki fixated upon, and eventually murdered in his delusional state.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: The original Mindcrime has been lauded as one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. It is also considered one of the first examples of progressive metal.
  • And in specific to the album, the last track concludes with an increasingly louder and more congested cacophony of music, sounds and voices from the rest of the album, which -- if you have allowed yourself to fall into the world the album creates -- very effectively feels like what the inside of Nikki's head must sound. Then, as it reaches a crescendo, it rings to a sudden, complete, spine-tingling silence with just Nikki's voice saying, "I remember now"
• Fanon Discontinuity: Many fans weren't too pleased with the storyline of OM2, especially the second half, and consider only the original album as canon.