forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books
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@Starfast group

(I just had flashbacks to when I was in grade 11 reading Lord of the Flies and everyone was saying "sucks to your ass-mar" as a response to like any kind of mild complaining)

@HighPockets group

(I've never seen a group of middle schoolers be more upset than when we finished Petey. First time most of them had experienced an open ending lmao)

@The-N-U-T-Cracker

I know it’s kind of a trope, but straight relationships with reversed roles are some of the cutest things sometimes and I don’t see why some people view it as a problem?
let the overly goth loner girl carry her bubbly soft bean boyfriend on her back so he can look at the butterflies, and let him bake cookies to surprise her when she’s dealing with work stress. It’s not weird, please don’t make it weird, I know some people always interpret it as yiffual, it doesn’t have to be that way, fluff is way better
And they don’t have to both look like crossdressers either (although tbh I will never complain about girls in suits, or guys with eyeliner and oversized pastel cat hoodies for that matter-), just let them be people, people don’t always fit the exact stereotypical cookie cutter relationship even if they’re straight.

@HighPockets group

I know this is probably not what you wanted as the takeaway from your post but mmmm yes girls in suits-
I want more of that
Big agree! Give me the Soft boys and Stronk girls

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

So imagine the regular girl meets bad bot with Issues.
Now make the girl a character that stands on her own, make the bad boy a legitimately nice guy that’s been sort of friends with her for a few years.
Now make the dude have issues from past abuse, but it’s emotional not physical and maybe omit the love story and it’s just sort of friends becoming good friends and she helps him work through his issues.

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

I know it’s kind of a trope, but straight relationships with reversed roles are some of the cutest things sometimes and I don’t see why some people view it as a problem?
let the overly goth loner girl carry her bubbly soft bean boyfriend on her back so he can look at the butterflies, and let him bake cookies to surprise her when she’s dealing with work stress. It’s not weird, please don’t make it weird, I know some people always interpret it as yiffual, it doesn’t have to be that way, fluff is way better
And they don’t have to both look like crossdressers either (although tbh I will never complain about girls in suits, or guys with eyeliner and oversized pastel cat hoodies for that matter-), just let them be people, people don’t always fit the exact stereotypical cookie cutter relationship even if they’re straight.

Did you mean: Eris and Jay?

@HighPockets group

So imagine the regular girl meets bad bot with Issues.
Now make the girl a character that stands on her own, make the bad boy a legitimately nice guy that’s been sort of friends with her for a few years.
Now make the dude have issues from past abuse, but it’s emotional not physical and maybe omit the love story and it’s just sort of friends becoming good friends and she helps him work through his issues.

Heh Beckett and Marisol

@HighPockets group

I didn't question "bad bot" and just assumed we were talking about a girl who meets a smexy bad robot-

I legitimately started actually laughing. I shook the table.
I didn’t even notice that!

Glad to be of service lol

@Starfast group

Ok, one thing I want more of is more awkward characters who are like actually awkward. I feel like with a lot of "awkward" characters their awkwardness is played off as a cute character quirk even though in real life, generally speaking, awkwardness is really not that cute. Like show me a more characters who do something really cringey and embarrassing and the response of the other characters is like "wtf is wrong with you?" instead of "haha I love how you're so awkward like that <3" Y'know?

@Pickles group

I'm a WHORE for protagonist is convinced by an old antagonist to work together and then another antagonist comes in all "you can't trust them I'M telling the truth just think about it, it makes sense." The inner TURMOIL, the DILEMMA, the DOUBT, what WILL they do??

@Yamatsu

I'm a WHORE for protagonist is convinced by an old antagonist to work together and then another antagonist comes in all "you can't trust them I'M telling the truth just think about it, it makes sense." The inner TURMOIL, the DILEMMA, the DOUBT, what WILL they do??

"The enemy of my enemy, shithead."
He then punches both of them and goes home while everyone claps.

@Starfast group

One thing that I've realized is that a lot of times when a character has a pet, they always call their pet either by their name or by an obviously related nickname. As the owner of multiple pets, I feel like it's maybe a little unrealistic. I want more characters who give their pets nicknames that make 0 sense.

@galaxyunicorn-is-in-love-with-starry

One thing that I've realized is that a lot of times when a character has a pet, they always call their pet either by their name or by an obviously related nickname. As the owner of multiple pets, I feel like it's maybe a little unrealistic. I want more characters who give their pets nicknames that make 0 sense.

one of my cat's nicknames is beef taco, we don't usually call her that though

@Starfast group

^^^ Yeah, all of that is exactly what I'm talking about. My dog is named Finn, but some of the nicknames I have for him are Flip, Flop, Fiff, Fiffles, Fee, Fifi, Finndles, Finji, Finston, Finnjamin Button (bc he's a baby that looks like an old man) and dumb-dumb.
My cat is Petrie, aka Peach, Peachy, Perry, Posh, Orange Boy, Orange Cat, Peeky, Sweet Peach (which is ironic). My sister also called him "Paj Mahal" once.