forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

Yep, that's the same Annie!
Wait who's the deleted user?

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

Yep, that's the same Annie!
Wait who's the deleted user?

i had no idea lmao
i…don't actually know, sorry

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

Yep, that's the same Annie!
Wait who's the deleted user?

metaphoricallyella I think

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

Yep, that's the same Annie!
Wait who's the deleted user?

metaphoricallyella I think

Ah, thanks

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

I don't have a pet and I don't want a pet but this is kinda cute

pets are fun. Altho I call my dog "poopy" on a regular basis so? I don't know
Also you're the same Annie from Goodreads, aren't you?? My account is A C, I had no idea you were here on Notebook

Hey! I didn't know you had an account either but I'm glad I found you :)

:D yeah!

Injuries that lead to more injuries. An example would be if a character lost an eye, they'd have no depth perception, making it easier to trip/fall/otherwise hurt themselves.
Things like that.

Nice one! I agree.

Arranged marriages that are shown positively. I haven't seen really any of this and it's not good. Especially bc there's so much about what an evil institution it is.

Arranged marriages that are shown positively. I haven't seen really any of this and it's not good. Especially bc there's so much about what an evil institution it is.

Yeah, I actually think it can be a postitive thing in that it takes the stress of making that first connection off of your shoulders. My friend is planning to get an arranged marriage, so fingers crossed all goes well.

Exactly there is a difference between forced marriage, and arranged marriage, that everyone seems to forget.

What gets me is when the character is like some kind of royalty and they get all whiny about having to be in an arranged marriage as if that wasn't expected of them all along. Like I can understand not wanting an arranged marriage but I need characters to stop acting like they never saw it coming.
I feel like it's one of those things that authors do to make a character seem more relatable but it really makes no sense when you think about it.

Anyways, this was just a really roundabout way of saying that I agree about the arranged marriage point.

Casual inclusion of queer people, just like. Briefly in the background and there's not any discussion about it, it's just okay for them to exist. HoWeVeR don't hype that up as some awesome representation or groundbreaking or whatever because that just makes you seem homophobic. Your idea of representation shouldn't be one line about a woman's wife because that's not representation

Bro I've started tearing up because I'll be reading a book and one of the characters just casually mentions her wife or something. It took me forever to read Crier's War because every time there was a Soft Interaction or sexual tension I just put the book down and internally died inside because oh my God it's the tropes I like but with two girls!!!

More characters not being chosen because they are like, ‘Ya I love this thing’

But instead they kinda just got chosen, and now they are so scared.

Girls fights: I keep reading books where the males get into rights and they throw punches and tackle each other, but I want a book where the female gets into fights and she and the other female in the fight start head butting each other and calling names and pulling hair…; - ;

Interesting.

I'd rather read about the girls getting into physical altercations and throwing punches and stuff instead of just the same old "girl fight" cliche.

Hmm that reminds me of Pryn’s fight that I never finished writing. Octavia will definitely throw punches.

tbf, from many stories and experiences of my mom dealing with students fighting, girls do tend to do more clawing and pulling than actual punching. Though apparently when girls fight the teacher is supposed to make sure others are out of the way and wait for security cause it's more murderous than boys fighting (which teachers are suppoed to get between them and break contact).
_{Not to be sexist or whatever but middle schoolers in my area seem to follow this trend more than not.}

tbf, from many stories and experiences of my mom dealing with students fighting, girls do tend to do more clawing and pulling than actual punching. Though apparently when girls fight the teacher is supposed to make sure others are out of the way and wait for security cause it's more murderous than boys fighting (which teachers are suppoed to get between them and break contact).
_{Not to be sexist or whatever but middle schoolers in my area seem to follow this trend more than not.}

Yeah this isn't actually sexist! It's just an interesting trend; I assume it's because boys tend to have more strength than girls and thus lean toward brute force (e.g. punches) while girls tend to have sharper nails (unless you play an instrument rip) and have to claw.

Play an instrument and have long nails, you cowards. Unless it's a stringed instrument, then f I guess