forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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YESSS. For this exact reason (Eris and) I have a slightly smol girl who uses a two handed sword because of the weight and physics stuff.

My only archer is almost 6 feet and pretty thoroughly ripped.

Yeah, most weapons can be adjusted or come in different sizes to fit pretty much everyone.

I usually have my peeps stick with what they know. If a sword isn't available–well tough shit they're using their fists and/or the next long pointy thing that can be used as a sword.

Prince Gabriel kills someone with a stick.

Good for Prince Gabriel.

I usually have my peeps stick with what they know. If a sword isn't available–well tough shit they're using their fists and/or the next long pointy thing that can be used as a sword.

Yeah. Haven't done enough fighting with them but yeah. Except Daniella and Silas. Silas would pull some genius trick and Daniella would be Athletic Goddess.

Unrealistic children I guess? I read Charlie Bone and that’s one thing I hated most about it.

Unrealistic children are the bane of my existence
Bonus points for unrealistic child speech

Good for Prince Gabriel.

It was very bad for him actually

Unrealistic children I guess? I read Charlie Bone and that’s one thing I hated most about it.

Unrealistic children are the bane of my existence
Bonus points for unrealistic child speech

Oh my god yes. I just finished reading the Lightning Thief, and as much and all as I do love the Percy Jackson series I had a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that those characters were twelve.

Also, unrealistic child speech immediately made me think of this tweet.

Because I've definitely seen authors try to pull stuff like that. Or else you have the other end of the spectrum and have like 8 year olds talking like they're a 3 year old.

Unrealistic children I guess? I read Charlie Bone and that’s one thing I hated most about it.

Unrealistic children are the bane of my existence
Bonus points for unrealistic child speech

Oh my god yes. I just finished reading the Lightning Thief, and as much and all as I do love the Percy Jackson series I had a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that those characters were twelve.

Also, unrealistic child speech immediately made me think of this tweet.

Because I've definitely seen authors try to pull stuff like that. Or else you have the other end of the spectrum and have like 8 year olds talking like they're a 3 year old.

I love those kinds of tweets

Unrealistic children I guess? I read Charlie Bone and that’s one thing I hated most about it.

Unrealistic children are the bane of my existence
Bonus points for unrealistic child speech

Oh my god yes. I just finished reading the Lightning Thief, and as much and all as I do love the Percy Jackson series I had a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that those characters were twelve.

Also, unrealistic child speech immediately made me think of this tweet.

Because I've definitely seen authors try to pull stuff like that. Or else you have the other end of the spectrum and have like 8 year olds talking like they're a 3 year old.

The sane part of my class @ the stoners

Unrealistic children I guess? I read Charlie Bone and that’s one thing I hated most about it.

Unrealistic children are the bane of my existence
Bonus points for unrealistic child speech

Oh my god yes. I just finished reading the Lightning Thief, and as much and all as I do love the Percy Jackson series I had a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that those characters were twelve.

Also, unrealistic child speech immediately made me think of this tweet.

Because I've definitely seen authors try to pull stuff like that. Or else you have the other end of the spectrum and have like 8 year olds talking like they're a 3 year old.

The sane part of my class @ the stoners

Couldn't find the one with the reply, but it goes "what was the kid doing in that month?" "reading a thesaurus"

I would believe Rebecca if she cut off the last two sentences.

Good for Prince Gabriel.

It was very bad for him actually

Ah yes. Consequences.

Good for Prince Gabriel.

It was very bad for him actually

Ah yes. Consequences.

Ew, consequences.

One thing that annoys me is when adult/authoritative characters are always wrong, dumb, or overlooking something, and the kid protagonists actually do have the morally right view of everything despite their youth. This may seem, like, inspiring, to kids but it's really kinda unrealistic and gets old quickly

Especially in mysteries and stuff. I get that it's no fun if the mystery gets solved by the cops in 3 pages, but there's a finer line that could be walked.

The cops are dumb sometimes. It doesn't always take a really short amount of time for them to figure stuff out anyways. I'd kind of like to see a book where it's just the cops trying to figure stuff out

I especially hate it when the plot in a mystery novel is interrupted for something that’s totally unrelated to the plot

The cops are dumb sometimes. It doesn't always take a really short amount of time for them to figure stuff out anyways. I'd kind of like to see a book where it's just the cops trying to figure stuff out

Yeah, but I'm talking about when it's like, a murder at a high school and no adults do anything so the Super Special Teen Protagonists can solve it.

Yeah, but I'm talking about when it's like, a murder at a high school and no adults do anything so the Super Special Teen Protagonists can solve it.

Coughs One Coughs of coughs us cough is coughs lying coughs

They only start trying to do stuff near the end

I totally agree. It's really annoying when these little kids with no experience suddenly become genius prodigies for the sake of the story.

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

I approve of this statement.

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

Facts

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

100% agree

flashback to sixth grade when I memorized the green plaid poem for language arts

"For one thing, plaid's hideous…" I wish I could do it. Something about cooked up by a man who must have been mad.