forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books
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@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

Oh I love a good literal Deux ex Machina.

The cast literally prays to Jupiter to save their favorite character (I mean relateable but still) and Jupiter breaks Posthumous Leonates out of prison.

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

Oh I love a good literal Deux ex Machina.

The cast literally prays to Jupiter to save their favorite character (I mean relateable but still) and Jupiter breaks Posthumous Leonates out of prison.

Loving it.

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

Also Yachimo is creepy and a perv and I don't like him.

Who?

The main villain. He sneaks into the main girl's room and looks at her when she's naked as she sleeps

@vidari-is-tired-in-advance group

Absolutely! That trope has been really getting on my nerves lately. Like, I would appreciate it if the characters who said that were shown to be self-absorbed and ignorant about the people around them, but they’re always proven right which I think is a missed opportunity and makes the character seem like a stuck up meanie pants

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

Exactly! I love it when an arrogant character gets knocked down a few pegs (which is prevalent in my writing lol, looking at you Darius, Samuel, Oberon, Oleander, Trix, Victor, and more-) and it gives the chance for flawed protagonists!

@dvisalln

Alice started off being part of that trope. She thought she was the best around just because she read a stupid book and became super arrogant and self-centered, but her arc through book -1 really messed her up and gave her a sense of humility,

@ninja_violinist

Honestly at this point actually having the phrase "I'm not like other x" written out in the book is an instant cringe from me unless it's later called out, subverted or parodied somehow

@Starfast group

I'm so sick of the "I'm not like other X" tropes…

Same. Even though it's hardly stated outright, if a character so much implies that they're not like other people it's an immediate eye roll from me.
Especially when the character thinks they're not like other characters for something that's totally normal. Like when you have a girl who thinks she's special because she doesn't like to wear makeup. Lots of girls don't wear makeup, it doesn't make you special.

I use girls as an example because I find that it often is female characters who tend to be like this.

@Kinarymo

Theoretically speaking, no girl is "like other girls" - everyone is different.

This isnt a complaint, more like a question, but do u guys feel like the "dead mother trope" is overused? I don't mean the trope itself, but the fact that when there's a dead parent, its usually the mom.

@SupernaturalSyGuyIsTIred group

This isnt a complaint, more like a question, but do u guys feel like the "dead mother trope" is overused? I don't mean the trope itself, but the fact that when there's a dead parent, its usually the mom.

Yep!

@dvisalln

The dead mother trope is definitely overused. I remember watching a lot of movies and such as a younger child and thinking that my mom would die soon because of it lmao

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

Theoretically speaking, no girl is "like other girls" - everyone is different.

This isnt a complaint, more like a question, but do u guys feel like the "dead mother trope" is overused? I don't mean the trope itself, but the fact that when there's a dead parent, its usually the mom.

Is hella guilty

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

Let me think…
Sorace's mom and dad.
Zol's mom.
Karok's mom.
Daniella's mom.

Actually I'm going to say that's not too bad. Of course the first three are from the same universe but…
But wait. Yarri and Krisano wouldn't have parents either crap!
And technically there are a few others…

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

I have a lot of dead mothers, but that's because I have a lot of dead parents in general.
But in my realistic fiction I have more dead dads than dead mothers.