Things You Don't Like About Characters

[Ky]

Cassie wrote: "Poetic Ingenius- [Kenny:] wrote: "Cassie wrote: "I'm kind of not liking how in this book I'm reading the characters are 14 and are in the 7th grade. Unless it's different in Canada. If that's how i..."

indeed, yes

[[deleted user]]

Jordan wrote: "I hate it when a writer says that a guy has like a long scar running down his face. It's so cliche! (even though I do it sometimes)"

well it depends if they do it good like have a unique scar running down there face

[Laura]

True. Although I usually write up female characters with scars.

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

Darren Shan The Vampire Prince wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I hate it when a writer says that a guy has like a long scar running down his face. It's so cliche! (even though I do it sometimes)"

well it depends if they do it good like have a..."

good point, i just hate it when they put it there for no reason, like there's no backstory.

[[deleted user]]

yeah that pisses me off too

[[deleted user]]

Same, it is annoying.
I hate it when there's really awkward dialogue between characters. It's like, nobody talks like that!

[Annemarie, hi]

Chat speak
House of Night Books gahhhh
Like when people keep describing things over and over and over again, the same way.

[[deleted user]]

I hate that too!

[Laura]

I don't like it when I'm reading a very modern story and the characters speak as if they lived in the 18th century.

[Ky]

Laura (THE TRUE MAD HATTER, STEP ASIDE DEPP!) wrote: "I don't like it when I'm reading a very modern story and the characters speak as if they lived in the 18th century."

Ya!

[Laura]

:)

[Hannah]

I hate when female characters are weak and girly. (Ahem, Bella Swan in Twilight.) and are all lovesick, unable to do anything themselves except be the pretty, petty little damsels in distress.

[Krys]

I hate that. It makes me feel sick-- if they can't do anything for themselves they deserve to die without the help of any protector. One of my bigest pet-peeves is weak female characters.

[Laura]

-.- I have to agree on that.

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

ditto

[Laura]

what about weak male characters??

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

That sucks too

[Laura]

then just weak characters in general.

what about weak babies??

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

weak babies???????

[SQUEAK! (Lisa)]

I hate it when character names are too hard to pronounce, so hard that even the native speakers of the language have trouble with it.

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

I hate when characters speak to somebody for a veeeeerrrry long time, for like a paragraph or two, because in real life, when friends are talking, unless they are really well mannered, they WILL interrupt at some point

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

I hate it when ... Well, the author is sexist. Like, how you guys mentioned. I hate those 'girly girls' who can't 'take care of themselves' and live for love. And that's it.

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

Weak guys are better than weak girls. Just not to a high extent of weak-ness.

[Lindsay]

This topic is useful. I try to "play to my reader" as an author. Now I know how to make my annoying characters even more irritating!

[Krys]

♫♥Selena♥♫ wrote: "I hate it when ... Well, the author is sexist. Like, how you guys mentioned. I hate those 'girly girls' who can't 'take care of themselves' and live for love. And that's it."

I know. That type of stuff ticks me off >.> I want to seriously strangle the author.

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♫♥Selena♥♫ wrote: "I hate it when ... Well, the author is sexist. Like, how you guys mentioned. I hate those 'girly girls' who can't 'take care of themselves' and live for love. And that's it."

Ikr.Most girls aren't like that,most of the girls I know are tougher than almost all the boys in my school.Now that's what I call girl power.

[[deleted user]]

not in my school its typical girly girls and bad boys and good boys

[Annemarie, hi]

I dunno, some of the guys at my school are wimps, others are freaking scary. I'm a wimp, lol. Physically at least. ;)

[Krys]

Well that's messed up.

[Annemarie, hi]

Why?

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

yes, Kriss. Why?

[[deleted user]]

well not at my school there are very few who are wimps but they are funny and nice

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

I hate it when they make like, for example 13 year olds, act like they're either 8, or when they act like they're like 19. It DRIVES ME CRAZY!

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL VAMPIRE BOY!!!! gosh...

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

Well, I always thought Juliet was strong...er.

I am strong...ish.

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

I know!! I mean, everyone has imperfections.

[Annemarie, hi]

♫♥Selena♥♫ wrote: "Well, I always thought Juliet was strong...er.

I am strong...ish."

Oh, boy. Well with words and my minds I can make you weep and I could throw a good punch, but really I'm barely 5"1' and my muscles aren't really anything to brag about...

[Clarence :P]

I don't like it when the guys are all buff and full of themselves. It's also awful when they try to be funny, but it comes off sounding stupid.

[Cutter100]

I can't stand it when a character knows they have to do something and they wait forever to do it, sometimes until it's too late.

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

GHaha, yeah. I hate when they take contro, like, they are always acting like the boss. xP

[[deleted user]]

I hate it when all the characters have perfect body types or only the losers have physical imperfections. I mean, criminy. It's so unrealistic.

[Clarence :P]

Yeah...
I also hate it when the character in the book says they're all ugly and whatnot but on the cover they're like beautiful. Like in Fairest. Ugh. Made me mad.

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Clare (bear) wrote: "Yeah...
I also hate it when the character in the book says they're all ugly and whatnot but on the cover they're like beautiful. Like in Fairest. Ugh. Made me mad."

Same with Uglies, but at least that had the excuse of "in a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly". I guess it doesn't bother me that much thenn...

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

Cassie wrote: "I hate it when all the characters have perfect body types or only the losers have physical imperfections. I mean, criminy. It's so unrealistic."

criminy? Really? that's the best you could come up with?

[[deleted user]]

Exactly.

I'm team Zane. Down with Edward and Jacob.

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

Clare Bear (I am a bear, fear me) wrote: "Yeah...
I also hate it when the character in the book says they're all ugly and whatnot but on the cover they're like beautiful. Like in Fairest. Ugh. Made me mad."

THAT BOOK WAS THE BEST!!!! Hey, covers are LAME

[♫♥Selena♥♫]

:O

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

TheTrying to be Optimistic Pessimist (Dayna) wrote: "Darren Shan The Vampire Prince wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I hate it when a writer says that a guy has like a long scar running down his face. It's so cliche! (even though I do it sometimes)"

well it d..."


Does it contain a backstory about how he got the scar?

[Jayda]

This isn't necessarily the character's fault, but I can't stand when in the first chapter or two of a book we find out EVERYTHING about a character's life! We don't need to know! -coughMessageInABottlecough-

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

TheTrying to be Optimistic Pessimist (Dayna) wrote: "Not yet, but it will."


Then its not cliche