forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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Ophelia reminds me of my girl Alene a bit.

Ophelia kind of goes a bit crazy in the second part of the story

Oh! Of course!

Protagonists who aren't the chosen one. Also, maybe be realistic and have the characters be like normal people, not stereotypes. I know guys who cry but are gym jocks (but not jerks), girls who are skinny and willowy but are more rough 'n tough, lesbians who aren't super butch and just act, like, how you'd expect any female to act regardless of sexuality. The way they act, you ask? MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. Because people are like mix and match stuff, there is no "one type" of person!

Ophelia kind of goes a bit crazy in the second part of the story

Daenerys Targaryen

Today is a great day to piss off professors by giving characters abilities that don't correspond with their personalities!

YES, this is great; I do this all the time!

Ophelia kind of goes a bit crazy in the second part of the story

Daenerys Targaryen

Ophelia's mission is to burn men who assault women
Just imagine this tall, willowy girl with big blue eyes, curly honey-blonde hair, and a bunch of freckles (not even remotely threatening) going "Burn them all".

I like it.

Ophelia kind of goes a bit crazy in the second part of the story

Daenerys Targaryen

Ophelia's mission is to burn men who assault women
Just imagine this tall, willowy girl with big blue eyes, curly honey-blonde hair, and a bunch of freckles (not even remotely threatening) going "Burn them all".

AGGRESSIVELY DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Ophelia kind of goes a bit crazy in the second part of the story

Daenerys Targaryen

Ophelia's mission is to burn men who assault women
Just imagine this tall, willowy girl with big blue eyes, curly honey-blonde hair, and a bunch of freckles (not even remotely threatening) going "Burn them all".

AGGRESSIVELY DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Ahhhhhhhhhh how is Emilia Clarke so pretty!!!!!!!??????

Honestly

She's just asknudb2u so PRETTY I CAN'T EVEN AHHHHHHH

she makes me question my sexuality

I'm trash for boarding school mysteries (just me? Okay…)

Idk.

I really like these ones that I found that are basically old-timey British boarding school mysteries with a sort of Sherlock and Watson, they're really good and have actual murders (unlike a lot of MG mysteries I've read) but I can't remember what they're called…

You know those stories where there's some fantasy girl in the modern world and the guy has to take her shopping for modern clothes? And he always goes to department stores that are super expensive? No that's too much money. I want one where he takes her to Walmart because it's cheaper "This is Walmart. Ignore the people, they're kinda weird. But they have everything and it's cheap." Because he's literally a teenager and has no money

Or takes her into goodwill instead and she picks out some of the most grandma-looking things.

I love ships where one person seems super soft and sweet and the other seems like a brooding badass and then you meet them and they're the exact opposite.

Left handed main characters!

Yeet I have one of those

Left handed main characters!

Magnus Chase

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I want more redemption arcs that aren't "I just did it to protect you" and are "I realize I screwed up and I'm trying to do better"

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Sorry. I was just giving an example of a protagonist who’s left-handed? But sorry

_{Please stop plugging Magnus Chase whenever someone mentions something, it's getting annoying}

Sorry. I was just giving an example of a protagonist who’s left-handed? But sorry

Apology accepted, it's just annoying for you to reply with MaGnUs cHaSe whenever someone mentions 1 thing about diverse casts.

Hmm… I've always wondered why left-handed characters are such a rarity. I believe it's around 10% of the population that's left-handed, and honestly that seems like a lot more than we have represented. Then again, maybe more are left-handed than we realize. It's not like most people consciously notice when others are left-handed, and it seems like a sort of weird thing to bring up unless someone is complaining about being left-handed or it fits the situation otherwise.

My parents both thought I was left handed but I'm not lol
I mean, I'm pretty skilled at doing stuff with it, just not writing/drawing. I can throw and catch with it ok though.

I'd like to see functional relationships. Seriously you don't see a lot of those these days.

Yes please!
Honestly I wouldn't have an issue with unhealthy relationships if they were presented as unhealthy and the story was about how the relationship is bad for the characters. Instead we get ships that are based on abuse pushed as OTPs and #goals.