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tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Oh, and "Angry characters". Being mad all the time is exhausting, and unless the character has a good reason for waking up and going to sleep angry for their entire life in a story, it's still tiring to put up with them. They stop being a person and start being a really bad trope.
jade · 5 years ago
The girl, who is really just like every other girl, but NO she is unique, and special, and unlike any other.
creativedragonbaby · 5 years ago
@tarotnathers13th You like intrigue? Try The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Too a reasobnable level, thank you for the suggestion. I'll check it out
silvermyth · 5 years ago
Inconsistent rules. Your universe can have as much unexplainable magic/science as you want, but I hate it when writers break rules they set for their universe.
mrfahrenheit · 5 years ago
The good old "Deus Ex Fuck You", where the author spontaneously hands Pro McTagonist the "God Star Kill Destroyer", while simultaneously giving the reader a massive middle finger.
dickgrayson · 5 years ago
When the writers won't give their characters any bad traits. No one is perfect, and everyone has flaws. For some reason, people seem to forget that when writing.
silvermyth · 5 years ago
^^^ Or when they give them random flaws. Flaws should be strengths taken to the extreme.
Example:
Protective becomes controlling
Caring becomes obsession
Bravery becomes recklessness
deleted · 5 years ago
One of mine is serious irritability that she has to control less she literally tears people limb from limb.
rydler · 5 years ago
@silvermyth the Mistborn series. Good example of somwthing NOT breaking it's own rules.
Powers do what they do and NOTHING else.
mozzerhella · 5 years ago
Every young adult novel either being a drama dystopia or “he was in love with a girl who was so plain and average that she was special”
rydler · 5 years ago
I don't like when they have developed characters that you meet once ever. Or when the cast is way too big to know each one by name
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
How big is too big out of question?
deleted · 5 years ago
Like 30 characters.
creativedragonbaby · 5 years ago
You know when there are too many when you read and think "Wait, who was that again?" and you flick back and they make an appearance 4 chapters prior, and did virtually nothing, but still got character development.
rydler · 5 years ago
Yes
texasranger · 5 years ago
I dont know if this had been said but Insta-romances. The exception being a story where the two individuals start the story as a couple. Albeit this needs to be done well.
deleted · 5 years ago
Love triangles. Especially teenage love triangles.
Also, when authors make the religious character an idiot that needs to be shown the error of their ways, or a racist bigot. It really just shows their own bigotry toward religion.
deleted · 5 years ago
Aw shit I'm guilty of Texasranger's example.
silvermyth · 5 years ago
I also dislike grinch characters. Like mean old mr. whatever. Someone who is just bad and has no layers