forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Wait really? I gotta find the other volume then. It's absolutely hilarious.

I read it just now (on Wiki fandom because the actual font is awful to read) I found it hilarious.

I… I don't know how to respond to this.
No adult Skyrim fanfiction on the good, Christian server?

I second.

That's fair.

Yeah

I have another thing that's been on my mind for quite some time.

Periods in books, like… If I was in a jungle being chased by the gov. while on my period, my main focus would be finding pads, tampons, and chocolate.

shove a sponge-like fungus up there and lets go

Buddy, if someone said that to me while I was doing that, this would be my only response: "You have five seconds to run, nothing can keep you safe."

sksksks thats a mood. i'd honestly do the same, or i'd tell them to shove it somewhere else the sun don't shine

Oh, true… I've read exactly two books that talked about menstruation at all. It's like… yes, people with periods bleed. We get cramps. We get moody. But when it's talked about, some people get grossed out? What's wrong with a little mention and making people a little more real?

Yeah like… You can handle fight scenes where a character get's killed… But you can't handle someone on their period
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@thighhighcrocs
this isn't related to the chat or anything else but I just wanted to let you know that for the past few weeks every time I saw your username on the forums I had a minor existential crisis, because my mind jumped to a very visceral image of thigh high crocs but I could not for the life of me figure out how they would work
and now you've added an image and I've been staring at it in consternation for the past too long
and I just
thank you??? but also not??
I can't anymore
it's so vivid
I can practically feel the plastic bunching in my kneepits
send help

(that was it, I'm so sorry) (I'm going to sleep now)

exACTLY. IT HAPPENS, IT'S NEVER GOING TO STOP HAPPENING

you are so welcome ninja friend

WHEN A LOVEABLE CHARACTER DIES BRUTALLY AND QUICKLY AND THERE'S NO FOLLOWUP AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
_{I just reread Mockingjay}

_{You poor soul.}

WHEN A LOVEABLE CHARACTER DIES BRUTALLY AND QUICKLY AND THERE'S NO FOLLOWUP AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or just when a loveable character dies period.

killing one twin

WHEN A LOVEABLE CHARACTER DIES BRUTALLY AND QUICKLY AND THERE'S NO FOLLOWUP AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or just when a loveable character dies period.

But what's the point of killing characters no one cares about?

But what's the point of killing characters no one cares about?

You have a point, but I just really hate character deaths. Especially since in a lot of books they just seem excessive or they're just their to shock the readers.

I get that sometimes it's necessary to kill off a character sometimes, but I don't necessarily love it.

I think there are many good reasons to kill people, but it should not be done merely to shock a reader or jerk tears.

Am I the only one who swears they target a specific type of character? I have a type when it comes to favorites, and they're usually the ones to get killed, whether their character arc is finished or not. I think for me it's a matter of who they kill, not that characters get killed.

the poc woman, the gay, or the funny chara usually

Somehow I've never read a book where that happened, I don't think… I was talking about a specific personality type, not necessarily being the token gay or poc. But yeah, the whole "burying your gays" and killing off characters who are poc thing needs to stop too.