forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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OH MY GOD!
THE 'MAGIC HEALS DISABILITY TROPE'!
OH MY GOD I HATE IT!

I KNOW RIGHT! I loved in the move Quest for Camelot if you've seen it you'll understand what I mean.

Like, if you're gonna have a disabled character, have the guts to keep them disabled.

I WANT HEALTHY PLATONIC MALE/MALE FRIENDSHIPS!

HOLY PANCAKE YES!!!!!!!

I hate books where the idea is FABULOUS but they don't capitalize on it. Instead, it's all about the MC and their daily adventures or whatever. I don't care about that, show me the cool world you've built AROUND the MC! It's so frustrating. I can't think of any books at the moment that's like this, but it'll come to me. What books have you guys found that are like this?

_{Throne of Glass}

Um no this series is amazing??

BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
_{Someone else has to lead the charge Idk the series.}

I hate books where the idea is FABULOUS but they don't capitalize on it. Instead, it's all about the MC and their daily adventures or whatever. I don't care about that, show me the cool world you've built AROUND the MC! It's so frustrating. I can't think of any books at the moment that's like this, but it'll come to me. What books have you guys found that are like this?

_{Throne of Glass}

Um no this series is amazing??

Here is my issue with the books, The writing it's self is amazing the premise and idea's behind it, amazing, but the amount of plot and energy focused on the love story is just to much for my liking especially because you have this amazing plot and world building and it just gets drowned out by the romance, I'm not saying that this series is bad, because it's not the author did a fabulous job writing it, I just dislike the amount of focus that was given to the romance.

I hate books where the idea is FABULOUS but they don't capitalize on it. Instead, it's all about the MC and their daily adventures or whatever. I don't care about that, show me the cool world you've built AROUND the MC! It's so frustrating. I can't think of any books at the moment that's like this, but it'll come to me. What books have you guys found that are like this?

_{Throne of Glass}

Um no this series is amazing??

Here is my issue with the books, The writing it's self is amazing the premise and idea's behind it, amazing, but the amount of plot and energy focused on the love story is just to much for my liking especially because you have this amazing plot and world building and it just gets drowned out by the romance, I'm not saying that this series is bad, because it's not the author did a fabulous job writing it, I just dislike the amount of focus that was given to the romance.

I just have a lot of issues with it, and I hate Celaena with a burning passion.

ANOTHER ANNOYING THING IN BOOKS!
When the story literally focuses on the least interesting character of the cast. Like the Jason chapters in the Heroes of Olympus books.

ANOTHER ANNOYING THING IN BOOKS!
When the story literally focuses on the least interesting character of the cast. Like the Jason chapters in the Heroes of Olympus books.

While I do agree that I disliked the chapters themselves, Jason had an interesting story. We just never really got to see it.

ooooooooooooooooooooooooh i hate that. you want to skip the chapters but you cant because plot

Or when the most interesting character gets killed off or otherwise taken out, and gets replaced with a cardboard cutout.
Like in Divergent, all of the characters I liked besides Christina were dead by Alligent.

Or when the main character gets killed off for no damn reason and it literally comes out of no where.

The bad boy who is secretly super poetic and deep

The bad boy who is secretly super poetic and deep

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Yes

this is everywhere
badboys shouldnt even be a thing

Or when the main character gets killed off for no damn reason and it literally comes out of no where.

_{Finnick Odair}

The bad boy who is secretly super poetic and deep

YES! BEING 'TROUBLED' DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT HE'S AN ABUSIVE DOUCHECANOE!!!

Or when the main character gets killed off for no damn reason and it literally comes out of no where.

_{Finnick Odair}

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Or when the main character gets killed off for no damn reason and it literally comes out of no where.

_{Finnick Odair}

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Oh my gosh who didn't love that man. Now there was a layered troubled male who wasn't dark and sO EdGy for some stupid reason.

#JusticeForFinnick

Or when the main character gets killed off for no damn reason and it literally comes out of no where.

_{Finnick Odair}

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Oh my gosh who didn't love that man. Now there was a layered troubled male who wasn't dark and sO EdGy for some stupid reason.

I WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE OVER THAT DEATH AND YES THIS IS PETTY AS HELL OF ME BUT I PRETEND THAT GALE DIED IN THAT SEWER INSTEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In all seriousness, I loved all of the characters in THG besides Gale.

On an unrelated topic, relationships that would be called out as abusive if the genders were swapped. Like the ones where it's a guy and a girl, but the girl is constantly being bitchy to him and yelling at him.

On an unrelated topic, relationships that would be called out as abusive if the genders were swapped. Like the ones where it's a guy and a girl, but the girl is constantly being bitchy to him and yelling at him.

Yes!! I hate this so much!! It's very prevalent in anime with tsunderes and stuff and I just get so annoyed!

On an unrelated topic, relationships that would be called out as abusive if the genders were swapped. Like the ones where it's a guy and a girl, but the girl is constantly being bitchy to him and yelling at him.

Yes!! I hate this so much!! It's very prevalent in anime with tsunderes and stuff and I just get so annoyed!

And it's always to show the girl as 'independent' and 'feminist' but it's not feminist to abuse people. That's just being an asshole.

THANK YOU!

Mandatory Star Wars and Shakespeare examples:
Han and Leia argue all the time, but they're always on even footing and still show that they love each other.
Beatrice and Benedick argue like 99% of the time, but they're on even footing and stop fighting all the damn time once they're in love.

One thing I always try to do is if it's a male/female couple and I'm worried they're toxic, I just swap the genders in a scene. If it screams 'hey, this seems abusive!' I take out the scene or rewrite it. Same with same sex couples or couples with a genderqueer or nonbinary love interest: If I do some swapping and it's uncomfortable to read, I rewrite it.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy that's a good idea

I'm stealing it

Who could've seen that coming?

oh oh ALSO

Female love interests that take on an almost 'mom' like role with their broody, overly large, ultra sexy warrior man.
ENOUGH with Oedipus complexes. Its damn groooooooooooooooss.

HOLY-! WHAT!