forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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Basically any fantasy name ever, but these stand out:

• America Singer
• Carter Woodwork
• Maxon Schreave
• Tiny Lee
• Celeste Newsome

Any name that would be a 'normal' name but is spelled weird/with a y instead of an i

Heartfilia? Who is that?

Any name that would be a 'normal' name but is spelled weird/with a y instead of an i

YES

'Dystopian' names.

Heartfilia? Who is that?

A character from Fairy Tail, an anime I watched like three years ago…

I barely remember anything about it now, except for how bad the character's names were.

'Dystopian' names.

Yeah, they work in some books but in others…..big yikes

It's sooooo much better when a character has a meaningful name. It's like a little easter egg for readers to get into.

Enyo

glares

Pardon? Were you implying that my bb has a bad name????

I'm saying it's like that. That cool meaning thing.

Oh crap I didn't mean it in a negative way.

OH! Thank goodness. You got me stressin.

Less than a second apart.

Dear humans, shoving one or two character traits together into one word does not count as a meaningful surname.

This has been a PSA-

IT'S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!

EXACTLY

Although, I am totally down with D&D/WOW type titles.

Example:

Eris, the World Destroyer.
Dom, the Wolfhearted
Jyn, the Night Beast

etc.

Aww. I'm wolfhearted!

Would that make me actually “NutElla The Ultimately Superior”?

Actually yes because I say so.

Yep.

That’s how it works, because I’m superior.

Although, I am totally down with D&D/WOW type titles.

Example:

Eris, the World Destroyer.
Dom, the Wolfhearted
Jyn, the Night Beast

etc.

I'm making that my new username

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Slay, Jyn the Night Beast

Shy girls that hide behind their long hair. It was fun at first but now it's everywhere and is an uncreative way to show a character's shy. I wouldn't mind if the author actually had other stuff to show they're shy but I haven't seen a lot that do

If I walked around with hair in my face all over the place that's just inconvenient, not "awww shy and cute."

Lol yes. And I'm sure if you had lipgloss or something it would be a disaster.

I have yet to come across a male author that can properly write a female character.

Tell me how they fail so I may learn I beg you.

Off the top of my head:

They usually make them overly and ridiculously, flamboyantly gorgeous.
Overly emotional, or crazy emotional because they are women (or the exact opposite because they can't write anything but cardboard)
Stereotypical thoughts and actions
Any 'strong' female ends up passed over for a male hero and subsequently saved by him.

Well that's obvious stuff. Have these men only seen women through a telescope?