So as a reader and possibly a writer, you fall into a huge and worldwide community of people that have similar interest. That being said, people are complex, opinionated, different. We all have different/similar, semi similar thoughts on the ways books are written or how to write them with a reading/writer perspective.
Is there any unpopular opinions, or feelings you have towards tropes, ways of writing, characters, etc?? Why do you think that way? What could be better to replace those things you dislike, and why should they really be replaced in the first place? Iâm curious to know what you have to say!
Ok Iâm gonna say that to me, this is unpopular but itâs still the opinion I hold. But there are definitely people worse with me on this.
I think that you can enjoy reading something with seriously harmful tropes as long as you are aware of the harm and aware that itâs wrong, it can be like a guilty pleasure read.
(Not talking about ACTUAL racist/sexist books that outright promote really bad things, in that case if I knew that I wouldnât read the book/support the author).
TW mentions SA
So rn Iâm reading a story where the love interest essentially r*pes the MC and then they end up being cannon. I know thatâs messed up. Itâs simply brushed over in the story. I hate that the author doesnât even acknowledge it, but at the same time, itâs kind of a guilty pleasure read for me cuz the writing is very good. It is also set in a different time period - which doesnât justify it obviously but thatâs also something to put into consideration. But there are seriously some people that ignore it entirely and constantly talk about how sweet the LI is⌠Like no, he loses being called âsweetâ after what he did.
Yeah I think love interests can be witty and there can be tension there but unless oneâs a superhero and the other is a villain then Iâm gonna hate it because itâs honestly so overdone. Like your next-door neighbor across the street that one-ups/insults you all the time isnât your âenemyâ.
Itâs more realistic when the protagonist is a villain. For example, an Episode story called Home Wrecker by Joriemar is really good!! I had to read it again because the plot was well written!!!
Iâm working on the novel where the MC isnât good or evil, sheâs very misunderstood. She has a split personality. One that is very bubbly, flirty and childlike and her alter ego is aggressive but protective (the alter ego is an assassin who kills off bad people like paedos, r*pists, abusers and traffickers). But in the future, I will write about the alter ego which will have a completely different story, not relevant to the first book Iâm working on.
Unfortunately no because of how graphic it will be (the raunchy scenes and the gory scenes). Itâs all written on a Word Document tbh, Iâm not sure when it will be released.
