forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books
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@HighPockets group

Autocorrect doesn't get mad at me for it, but then again autocorrect tries to autocorrect itself
And also my character names lmao, I'll be writing something and see The Dreaded Red Line and lowkey panic, and then realize it's just mad about how I spell Nich's name

@HighPockets group

you can just add his name to your personal dictionary and it won't do that anymore

skdfjdgjh thank you!!! I've been using Google Docs for years I'm just Big Dumb

@ElderGod-Icefire

you can just add his name to your personal dictionary and it won't do that anymore

skdfjdgjh thank you!!! I've been using Google Docs for years I'm just Big Dumb

np! If you left click on the underlined word, there should be the dictionary option :)

@Relsey-TheElder

Also can we talk about the name schemes? "A thing of A and B" or "Thing of Thing" is so overused, every single book is an edgy combination of something. I get there were some successful titles (back @ Sarah J Mass) in the YA books, but it seems every single book is named the same now and the acronyms are getting hard to tell apart. I get it in contexts of the books, like Lord of the Rings, is Technically Thing of Thing, but the title actually means something. It seems like so many books just aim for edgy or dark words and shove them in the title.

LotR is such a great title. Especially when you consider that scene where Gandalf reproaches Merry and Pippin for hailing Frodo as “Lord of the Ring”. Really ends up imo referring to the corruptive power of evil that is one of the biggest plot points and philosophical statements in the book.

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@Consider-PB_and_the_Jellies

this is media in general but..

“Everything your parents do is the best for you”

No it fucking not, acknowledge that parents can do shitty things
In fact have shitty parents that aren’t just the cliche

Parents that you can get along with, but as soon as you do something wrong all he’ll breaks loose, and then a week later everything’s back to normal

And your not sure wether you should stay or go

@Pickles group

Conceptually, I don't think the idea of vampires not mentally maturing makes any sense. I don't see how you can gain a bunch of experiences and…not ever learn from them. Why would you turn a teenager if you know you're going to be stuck parenting a whiny 16 year old who's never going to learn for the rest of eternity? I don't like it and it's usually a flimsy excuse for ancient immortal beings getting with mortal teenage girls
Also the idea of vampires turned as children in the 16th century and rising in the ranks and modern day middle aged men vampires taking orders from 7 year old girl vampires who could kill them with a pinky is just much cooler than "pale boi is old but emotionally stupid"

@HighPockets group

I'd much rather see vampires who look 17 but are mentally hundreds of years old, and struggling to keep up the act. Like vampires who were turned in the 1800s not realizing that 80s slang is no longer in style and stuff. Like you said, I can't see someone living for hundreds of years and not learning anything, especially considering how much we can grow in just a few months.

@HighPockets group

Not to mention that a vampire who was turned a long time ago confronting and overcoming their prejudices could be a really interesting book and have good character development and internal conflict.

@Relsey-TheElder

I saw someone pointing out that Disney did that nicely in Moana and Coco. The parents had good reasons for having the fears they did, but still ended up being wrong.

I would like to add Barbie Pegasus to this. I appreciated how both the parents and the child were in the wrong and they both apologized each other and promised to do better.

@Pickles group

"I ditched you and treated you horribly to further my popularity? And now you're calling me out? You're just jealous of me!" especially when they become friends again at the end. It's boring and stupid and I hate every character who's ever said this

@Relsey-TheElder

"I ditched you and treated you horribly to further my popularity? And now you're calling me out? You're just jealous of me!" especially when they become friends again at the end. It's boring and stupid and I hate every character who's ever said this

Yes, as someone who has had this happen to them, yes I hate these characters.

@Starfast group

This is more of something that I'd like to see less when discussing books but not every book that takes place in the future is a dystopia.
Dystopia= Everything is terrible
Utopia= Everything is fine.
It's almost 2021 and some people still don't know the difference.

This post was about everyone who called Scythe by Neal Shusterman a dystopia. But I'm honestly more concerned about the person who I found on Goodreads who had the Hunger Games, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451 listed as utopian books. Are you ok?

On that note though, there's been so many dystopias that came out after the success of the Hunger Games, and I honestly think seeing more utopias would be a nice breath of fresh air.